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Damaso P. Perez, Et Al. vs. Monetary Board, Et Al.

DAMASO P. PEREZ and REPUBLIC BANK, ETC., ET AL., petitioners-appellants, vs. MONETARY BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS, CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES and SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, respondents-appellees. AURORA R. RECTO, MIGUEL CANIZARES, LEON ANCHETA, PABLO ROMAN, VICTORIA B. ROMAN and NORBERTO J. QUISUMBING, intervenors-appellees.

G.R. No. L-23307 | 1967-06-30

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

Petitioner-appellant Damaso P. Perez, for himself and in a derivative capacity on behalf of the Republic Bank, instituted mandamus proceedings in the Court of First Instance of Manila on June 23, 1962, against the Monetary Board, the Superintendent of Banks, the Central Bank and the Secretary of Justice. His object was to compel these respondents to prosecute, among others, Pablo Roman and several other Republic Bank official for violations of the General Banking Act (specifically secs. 7678 and 83 thereof) and the Central Bank Act, and for falsification of public or commercial documents in...