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PEOPLE vs. Esteban Zeta098 Phil 143

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ESTEBAN ZETA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-7140 | 1955-12-22

D E C I S I O N

LABRADOR, J.:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Samar, finding Esteban Zeta guilty of a violation of Republic Act No. 145 (which took effect on June 14, 1947), for having solicited, charged demanded and collected a fee or compensation of P300 for assisting one Eugenio Albiza in the preparation, presentation and prosecution of his claim for benefits under the laws of the United States. 

Eugenio Albiza, an enlisted man of the Philippine Army and later of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), suffered disability in the course of rendering services for the army in...