Case # 28

Icasiano vs. Icasiano

IN THE MATTER OF THE TESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE JOSEFAVILLACORTE.CELSO
ICASIANO,
petitioner-appellee,vs.
NATIVIDAD ICASIANO and ENRIQUE ICASIANO,
oppositors-appellants. Notes: (from business dictionary)
Definition of duplicate copy
The two classifications are: (1) copies produced for information purposes only and which may
bedestroyed after use, and (2) copies that have administrative, fiscal, legal, or historical value.
Definition of duplicate original
A copy that has all the essential aspects of the original, including signatures.
Notes
A duplicate original of a letter may be created and sent by different routes to increase
thelikelihood that at least one original copy arrives to the addressee.FACTS:1. JosefaVillacorta
executed her last will and testament in duplicate on June 2, 1956 and shedied on Sept. 12,
1958. The will was:* attested by three instrumental witnesses- Justo Torres Jr., Jose Natividad
and VinicioDy* acknowledged by the testatrix and the three instrumental witnesses on the same
date before Atty. Ong, Notary Public* the will was actually prepared by Atty. Samson who was
present during the execution
and signing of the decedent‘s last will and testament.
* pages of the original and duplicate were duly numbered* the attestation clause contains all the
facts required by law to be recited therein andsigned by the attesting witnesses* will is written in
the language known to and spoken by the testatrix (Tagalog)* will was executed in one single
occasion in duplicate copies* both original and duplicate copies were duly acknowledged before
the Notary Public onthe same date.2.

The will consisted of five pages and while signed at the end and in every page, it does notcontain
the signature of one of the attesting witnesses, Atty. Jose Natividad on page 3 thereof;