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Philippine Operations, Inc. vs. Auditor General 94 Phil 868

PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS, INC., petitioner, vs. AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES and the BUREAU OF PRISONS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-3659 | 1954-04-30

D E C I S I O N

LABRADOR, J.:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Auditor General denying a claim of the Philippine Operations, Inc., against the Government amounting to P105,000.00. The circumstances leading to this appeal are briefly as follows:

On October 3, 1947, the petitioner herein, Philippine Operations, Inc., entered into a barter agreement with the Bureau of Prisons whereby it agreed to deliver to the Bureau a sawmill, complete, with a diesel fuel engine, a stop saw edge and log turner, etc., and two LCMs in good running condition, in exchange for 350,000 board feet of sawed lumber (Annex A). The principal conditions of the...