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Benjamin T. Asuncion vs. Luz De Asis De Aquino, Etc. Et Al.114 Phil. 856

BENJAMIN T. ASUNCION, petitioner, vs. LUZ DE ASIS DE AQUINO, ETC. ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-13704 | 1962-04-18

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: 

On June 20, 1950, Luz de Asis de Aquino, in her behalf and of her three minor children, filed a claim for compensation against Benjamin T. Asuncion for the death of her deceased husband with the Workmen's Compensation Division of the Department of Labor, copy of which was furnished the latter by registered mail on the same date. In spite of repeated summons served on him to appear before the public defender in charge of the investigation of the claim, Asuncion failed to appear. 

When Republic Act No. 772 was enacted on June 20, 1952, all records pertaining to compensation claims, including...