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Republic Of The Phil. Vs. Pio Pedrosa, Et Al 101 Phil 1041

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. PIO PEDROSA and ALFREDO JACINTO, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-9527 | 1957-08-22

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J.:

This is an appeal by the Republic of the Philippines from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila dismissing its complaint to recover from appellees Pio Pedrosa and Alfredo V. Jacinto the sum of P68,933.91, representing alleged losses or damages to the Government because of certain supposedly unlawful acts of appellees committed when they were still Secretary of Finance and Commissioner of Customs, respectively.

The facts are narrated by the Court below, as follows:

"The facts upon which the claim of the plaintiff is predicated may be stated as follows: In a decision rendered by the...