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This case involved the will and estate of Amos G. Bellis, who died in Texas as a citizen of that state. He had both legitimate and illegitimate children. The executor of his estate in the Philippines paid out the bequests but did not provide shares to the three illegitimate children. Two of those children contested the partition of the estate. The key issue was whether Texas law or Philippine law applied. The Supreme Court ruled that Texas law applied because Bellis was a citizen and domiciled in Texas at t

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TEtchie Torre

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