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Cochingyan vs. Cloribel [DECISION]

JOSEPH COCHINGYAN, JR., petitioner, vs. HON. GAUDENCIO CLORIBEL, Presiding Judge of Branch VI, Court of First Instance of Manila, LEGIONNAIRES ENTERPRISES, INC., IRENEO R. CLAPANO, JR., KEYSER MERCANTILE CO., INC., PANAY LEGIONNAIRES, INC., VICENTE B. MAGNO, CESAR EGUIA, PHILIPPINE VETERANS LEGION, WORLDWIDE TRADING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FILIPINAS MERCHANDISING CORPORATION, JOAQUIN SO, TOMAS B. TORREFRANCA and THE PHILIPPINE REPARATIONS COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-27070-71 | 1977-04-22

D E C I S I O N
 
CASTRO, C.J.:
 
Petition for certiorari to review the orders of the respondent Court of First Instance of Manila (in civil cases 54912 and 55250) dated November 2, 1966, November 11, 1966, December 19, 1966, December 28, 1966 and January 3, 1967.
 
By mandate of Republic Act 1789, otherwise known as the Reparations Law, which took effect on June 21, 1957, the amount of US$20 million was set aside to form a "Trust Fund" to be used exclusively for the benefit and rehabilitation of veterans of the Philippines of World War II and their widows and orphans...