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La Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas Vs. C. H. French 039 Phil 34

LA COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS, petitioner, vs. C. H. FRENCH, as Auditor of the Philippine Islands, and C. E. UNSON, as Acting Purchasing Agent of the Philippine Islands, respondents.

G.R. No. 14027 | 1918-11-08

D E C I S I O N

FISHER, J .:

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus filed in this Court by the Compañia General de Tabacos de Filipinas to compel the Purchasing Agent to draw a warrant in favor of the petitioner for the sum of P322.93 and to compel the Insular Auditor to approve and countersign the same. The Solicitor-General has appeared in behalf of the respondents and interposed a demurrer, based chiefly on the ground that the petitioner has not exhausted his administrative remedy by appealing to the Governor-General from the adverse decision of the Insular Auditor. The case now comes before us upon this demurrer.

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