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De Corpuz vs. Commanding General, Philippine Army

ELIODORA C. VDA. DE CORPUZ, petitioner, vs. THE COMMANDING GENERAL, PHILIPPINE ARMY, respondent.

G.R. No. L-44077 | 1978-09-30

D E C I S I O N

GUERRERO, J:

This is a petition for mandamus filed to compel the respondent Commanding General of the Philippine Army to pay petitioner the full death compensation benefits awarded to her and her children in the decision dated October 5, 1971 by Acting Referee Claro Q. Riego de Dios of the Workmen's Compensation Unit Labor Regional Office No. 4, Manila, in W.C. Case No. R04-13114, entitled "Eliodora C. Vda. de Corpuz, et al. vs. Republic of the Philippines (Philippine Army)".

The facts of the case are simple and uncontroverted. For the service-connected death of T/Sgt. Cornelio Corpuz, the wife, petitioner herein, and...