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Que Po Lay Vs. Central Bank Of The Philippines, Et Al. 104 Phil 853

QUE PO LAY, plaintiff-appellant, vs. CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-11019 | 1958-11-28

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

Articles consisting of three hundred twenty-nine (329) pieces of gold bars and one hundred seventy-four (174) pieces of U.S. money bills, U.S. money orders, U.S. treasury warrants and traveler's checks worth P271,895.02 were seized by the Collector of Customs of Manila on January 26, 1951 because of an attempt to export them in violation of Section 1363, sub-paragraphs (f) and (m) 3 and 4 of the Revised Administrative Code and of Central Bank Circulars Nos. 20 and 21, in relation to Republic Act No. 265. The articles were found by customs secret service agents concealed in 50 bundles of salted dried...