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Elizabeth Dimaano vs. Sandiganbayan and Republic of the Philippines

ELIZABETH DIMAANO, Petitioner, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 176783 | 2012-06-27

THIRD DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
ABAD, J.:
 
This is a case about the propriety of collecting sheriff’s percentage fee on the execution of a court order for return to a party of money that the government illegally confiscated from her. 
 
The Facts and the Case
 
On March 3, 1986 respondent Republic of the Philippines, acting through the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), confiscated cash of P2,868,850.00 and US$50,000.00 and some items from petitioner Elizabeth Dimaano’s (Dimaano) house on a belief that they were ill-gotten wealth of an army general who belonged to the martial law...