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Board of Administrators, Philippine Veterans Authority (PVA) et al. vs. Jose G. Bautista, et al. 112 SCRA 59

BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS, PHILIPPINE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, petitioner, vs. HON. JOSE G. BAUTISTA, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the CFI-Manila, Branch III, and CALIXTO V. GASILAO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-37867 | 1982-02-22

D E C I S I O N


GUERRERO, J.:

This is a petition to review on certiorari the decision of respondent Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch III, rendered on October 25, 1973 in Civil Case No. 90450 for Mandamus filed by Calixto V. Gasilao against the Board of Administrators of the Philippine Veterans Administration.

The facts as found by the Court a quo to have been established by the pleadings filed by the parties are stated in the decision under review from which We quote the following:

"Calixto V. Gasilao, pauper litigant and petitioner in the above-entitled case, was a veteran in good standing during World War II. On October 19, 1955,...