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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

EN BANC

[G.R. No. 10533. November 11, 1915. ]

THE UNITED STATES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DIONISIO ENRIQUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Jose R. Varela for Appellant.

Attorney-General Avanceña for Appellee.

SYLLABUS


1. ILLEGAL MARRIAGE; GOOD FAITH; PRESUMPTION OF DEATH OF FIRST WIFE. — A person who contracts a second marriage in the reasonable and well founded belief that his first wife is dead, by reason of the many years that have elapsed since he had any news of her whereabouts and o
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