Supreme Court · En Banc
0John Go Chang vs. Republic of the Philippines
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.
Office of the Solicitor General for, oppositor-appellant.
Emmanuel T. Jacinto for petitioner-appellee.
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.
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.