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USAFFE Veterans Association vs. Treasurer of The Philippines 105 Phil 1030

USAFFE VETERANS ASSOCIATION, INC., plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-10500 | 1959-06-30

D E C I S I O N 

BENGZON, J.: 

The central issue in this litigation concerns the validity of the Romulo-Snyder Agreement undertook to return to the United States Government in ten annual installments, a total of about 35-million dollars advanced by the United States to, but unexpended by, the National Defense Forces of the Philippines. 

In October 1954, the Usaffe Veterans Associations Inc., hereafter called Usaffe Veterans, for itself and for many other Filipino veterans of World War II, ex-members of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAF-FE) prayed in its complaint before the Manila court of first instance that...