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Maria Natividad Vda. De Tan Vs. Veterans Backpay Commission 105 Phil 377

MARIA NATIVIDAD VDA. DE TAN, petitioner-appellee, vs. VETERANS BACKPAY COMMISSION, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-12944 | 1959-03-30

D E C I S I O N


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

On March 5, 1957, petitioner-appellee, Maria Natividad vda. de Tan, filed with the Court of First Instance of Manila a verified petition for mandamus seeking an order to compel the respondent-appellant Veterans Back Pay Commission: (1) to declare deceased Lt. Tan Chiat Bee alias Tan Lian Lay, a Chinese national, entitled to backpay rights, privileges, and prerogatives under Republic Act No. 304, as amended by Republic Act No. 897, and (2) to give due course to the claim of petitioner, as the widow of the said veterans, by issuing to her the corresponding backpay certificate of indebtedness.

Respondent...