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legal heirs and not Marilyn should have inherited the decedents estate. The SC added, In this
case, respondent judge, on perusing the will and noting that it was written in English and was
thumb marked by an obviously illiterate testatrix, could have readily perceived that the will is
void. The Court added that in the opening paragraph it was stated that English was understood
and known to the Testatrix but upon the end, it stated that it was translated to Filipino to her.
That could only mean that the will was written in a language not known to the testatrix
and therefore, void under the mandatory requirement of Art. 804 of the Civil Code.