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jurisdiction of the court (In re Kaw Singco, 74 Phil. 239 Reyes vs.
Diaz, 73 Phil. 484 Bernabe vs. Vergara, 73 Phil. 676).
Same Court first taking cognizance of probate proceeding
excludes other courts.Where the estate proceedings were
initiated in the Bulacan Court of First Instance ahead of any
other, that court is entitled to assume jurisdiction to the exclusion
of all other courts, even if it were a case of wrong venue (Sec. 1,
Rule 73, Revised Rules of Court),
Wills Succession Intestacy is subsidiary to testacy.
Intestate succession is only subsidiary or subordinate to the
testate, since intestacy takes place only in the absence of a valid
operative will. Only after a final decision as to the nullity of
testate succession could an intestate succession be instituted. The
institution of intestacy proceedings in one court may not thus
proceed while the probate of the purported will of the deceased is
pending in another court.
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Now section 44, subpar. (e) of the Judiciary Act (R.A. No. 296).
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