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Carmen Padilla Vda. De Bengson Vs. Phil. Nat'l., Bank113 Phil. 720

THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF CARMEN PADILLA VDA. DE BENGSON, Incompetent. CARMEN PADILLA VDA. DE BENGSON, petitioner-appellee, vs. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, guardian and appellant. ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-17066 | 1961-12-28

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

As the mother of a veteran who died in World War II, Carmen Padilla Vda. de Bengson, became entitled to certain accrued insurance benefits which amounted to P10,738 as of July 1, 1957, and to a monthly death compensation for the rest of her life, all extended by the United States Veterans Administration. Upon inquiry which showed that the beneficiary was incompetent, the Veterans Administration filed Special Proceeding No. 586 in the Court of First Instance of La Union, where in due course, an order was entered on August 8, 1957, adjudging Carmen Padilla Vda. de Bengson to be an incompetent and...