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Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila

EN BANC

G.R. No. L-21553             April 17, 1968

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION TO BE ADMITTED A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES. JOHN GO CHANG, petitioner-appellee,
vs.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

Emmanuel T. Jacinto for petitioner-appellee.
Office of the Solicitor General for oppositor-appellant.

SANCHEZ, J.:

Appeal by the State from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila in its Civil Case No. 50717 granting petitioner's petition for citizenship.

On one ground alone, namely, that petitioner's annual income of P2,400 (bonus excluded¹), at the time the petition was filed, is not lucrative,² the appeal must be upheld.

Judgment reversed. Petition denied. Costs against petitioner. So ordered. 1äwphï1.ñët

Reyes, J.B.L. Dizon, Makalintal, Bengzon, J.P., Zaldivar, Angeles and Fernando, JJ., concur.
Concepcion, C.J., is on leave.
Castro, J., took no part.

Footnotes

¹Po Chu Sam vs. Republic, L-20812, September 22, 1967.

²Tan vs. Republic, L-22077, February 18, 1967.

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