Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURTManilaEN BANCG.R. No. L-23678 June 6, 1967TESTATE ESTATE OF AMOS G. BELLS, !e"e#$e!. PEOPLE%S BAN& #n! TRUST COMPAN', executor. MARA CRSTNA BELLS #n! MRAM PALMA BELLS, oppositors-appellants, vs.E()AR( A. BELLS, ET AL., heirs-appellees.Vicente R. Macasaet and Jose D. Villena for oppositors appellants.Paredes, Poblador, Cruz and Nazareno for heirs-appellees E. A. ellis, et al.!ui"ano and Arro#o for heirs-appellees $. %. ellis, et al.J. R. alon&ita for appellee People's an& ( )rust Co*pan#.+zaeta, ,ibbs and +zaeta for appellee A. . Alls*an.BENG*ON, J.P., J.:This is a direct appeal to s, upon a !uestion purel" of la#, fro$ an order of the Court of %irst &nstance of Manila dated April '(, )*+,, approvin- the pro.ect of partition /led b" the executor in Civil Case No. '0(1* therein.-./ph0-.12tThe facts of the case are as follo#s2A$os 3. Bellis, born in Texas, #as 4a citi5en of the 6tate of Texas and of the nited 6tates.4 B" his /rst #ife, Mar" E. Mallen, #ho$ he divorced, he had /ve le-iti$ate children2 Ed#ard A. Bellis, 3eor-e Bellis 7#ho pre-deceased hi$ in infanc"8, 9enr" A. Bellis, Alexander Bellis and Anna Bellis Alls$an: b" his second #ife, ;iolet