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Lamb vs. Phipps

CARROLL H. LAMB, PETITIONER, VS. W. H. PHIPPS, AS AUDITOR FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 7806 | 1912-07-12

D E C I S I O N
 
JOHNSON, J.:
 
This was an application for the writ  of mandamus  presented to the Supreme Court.  The petition  alleged that:

 "I.  Relator states that both of the parties to this proceeding are within the jurisdiction  of this court,  respondent residing in the city of Manila and is the duly appointed  and acting Auditor for the Philippine Islands; relator residing in  the pueblo of  Tacloban, Leyte, Philippine  Islands,  and prior to January 1, 1912, was  an employee of said Government as superintendent of the  Iwahig Penal Colony.
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