RODRI

GUEZv
s.BORJA

17SCRA41

FACTS:

Inthisc ase,therewere2p roceedings.Firstwasani ntes

tateproceedinginsti
tutedmeani
ng,
ap r
oc eedi
ngt os ett
letheestateofad eceasedp er
sonwhod i
edwi t
houtawi ll
.But
subsequent l
y,awi l
lwasfoundandagai nanot herproceedi
ngwasins t
ituted,thisti
me,test
ate
proceedingwher eintheestateoft hedeceasedp ersonissett
ledi
ft hatp er
s onhaslef
tawi l
l.
Wear ec onfrontedhereof2p roceedings,onewasi nstitut
edaheadoft heot her.

I
SSUE:

Whi
chp
roc
eed
ings
houl
dbep
ref
err
ed?

RULI
NG:

Aslongastherei sawi ll
,ev eni
fthatwilli
sf oundl aterandeveni ft hep r
oceedingf orthe
settl
ementoft hees tateofap ersonwithawi l
lisf i
ledlat
er,thats houldbep referred.Thewill
shouldbeprob
at ed.Thewi l
lshoul
db egi
venef f ectasmuc hasp os
s i
blei nordert ogiveeffectt
o
thewi s
hesofthet estat or.Thewishesofthet estatormus tbegivens uchpr eferencefirst
.
Probateofthewi l
lisneed edinordertodeter minewhet herornott hewi l
lwasi ndeedvali
d,
whetherornott hewi llwasexecutedinobserv ancewi ththeformalit i
esrequiredb ylawand
whetherornott het estatorexecuteditwithas oundmi nd.

I
flat
eronint
hep r
ob at
eproc
eeding,t
hewil
lisfoundnott
ohav
eval
idl
yexec
uted
,theny
ougo
t
ointes
tat
eproc
eeding.Butfi
rstyougototest
at e