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Abad Santos vs. Auditor General [SEPARATE OPINION, CONCURRING, PERFECTO, J.]

AMANDA T. ABAD SANTOS, recurrente, contra EL AUDITOR GENERAL y El GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, recurridos.

G.R. No. L-376 | 1947-09-01

CONCURRING
 
PERFECTO, J.:
 
The insurance policy under which the petitioner filed her claim is reproduced in the decision penned by Mr. Justice Briones.
 
Under the terms of the first paragraph, the policy guarantees the payment of P17,673 to Jose Abad Santos if living on the last day of May, 1956,—the maturity date—or if the insured should die before said date, to his wife, Amanda Teopaco. Said first paragraph is quoted below:
 
"THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, hereby guarantees to pay the amount of P17,673 to Jose Abad Santos if living on the last day of May, 1956 (the maturity date) and this Policy...