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Mariano S. Gonzaga Vs. Augusto Ce David

MARIANO S. GONZAGA, petitioner and appellee, vs. AUGUSTO CE DAVID, as Registrar of the Motor Vehicles Office of Cagayan, respondent and appellant.

G.R. No. L-14858 | 1960-12-29

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J. B. L., J.:

The essential antecedents of this case are not disputed. On February, 1957, Mariano Gonzaga, as owner, registered with the Motor Vehicles Office a cargo truck and a passenger bus, paying the first installment for registration fees due on said vehicles for 1957. To cover the second installment for registration fees, Gonzaga remitted to the Provincial Treasurer of Cagayan, by registered mail, P500.00, under postal money orders Nos. 18553, 18554 and 18555, purchased from and issued by the Post Office of Camalaniugan, Cagayan. The postal cancellation mark on the envelope containing the remittance of...