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Herbert Brownell, Jr. Vs. Sun Life Assurance Company Of Canada 095 Phil 228

HERBERT BROWNELL, JR., as Attorney General of the United States, petitioner-appellee, vs. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-5731 | 1954-06-22

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

This is a petition instituted in the Court of First Instance of Manila under the provisions of the Philippine Property Act of the United States against the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, to compel the latter to comply with the demand of the former to pay him the sum of P310.10, which represents one-half of the proceeds of an endowment policy (No. 757199) which matured on August 20, 1946, and which is payable to one Naogiro Aihara, a Japanese national. Under the policy Aihara and his wife, Filomena Gayapan, were insured jointly for the sum of P1,000, and upon its maturity the proceeds thereof were...