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Stiver vs. Dizon

JOSEPH A. STIVER, petitioner-appellant, vs. PACIANO DIZON, Auditor General, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-361 | 1946-05-27

D E C I S I O N

FERIA, J:

On or about September 28, 1945, the petitioner filed a sworn statement with the Director of Posts, requesting the issuance of a new or duplicate pass book for a deposit of not less than P5,500 which he claims to have made in the Postal Savings Bank, on the ground that his deposit book was destroyed by fire in this house during the battle for the liberation of Manila.

As the claim of Stiver is based simply on his own affidavit which can not be verified for the reason that practically all the records and books of account of the Postal Savings Bank were lost or destroyed by fire, the Secretary of Public Works and...