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Republic Of The Phil. vs. Central Surety & Insurance Company, Et Al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CENTRAL SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL., defendants-appellants. CENTRAL SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY, third-party plaintiff-appellant, vs. PO KEE KAM, ET AL., third-party defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-27802 | 1968-10-26

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

On October 23, 1959 the Republic of the Philippines (hereinafter referred to as the Republic) filed suit against the Central Surety & Insurance Company (hereinafter referred to as the Surety) and the latter's manager of the bond department, Casimiro Mangoba. The complaint recites (1) that the Surety executed in favor of the Deportation Board a bond in the amount of P5,000 for the temporary release of Po Kee Kam, a Chinese citizen and respondent in deportation proceeding No. 730, subject to certain conditions, principal among which are that the Surety undertakes to have Po Kee Kam available at all...