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Villanueva, et al vs. Dir of Posts

ANGELITA V. VILLANUEVA and PABLO C. SANIDAD, petitioners, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF POSTS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-2035 | 1949-08-23

D E C I S I O N

OZAETA, J p:

Before the war the petitioner Angelita V. Villanueva maintained a savings deposit with the Philippine Postal Savings Bank, which as of October 22, 1941, had a balance in her favor of P4.60. She made no further deposit in said account until the month of October, 1944. Between the 10th and the 31st of said month she made four deposits totalling P5,940.

The Director of Posts refused to recognize the validity of that deposit made during the occupation in Japanese military notes on the ground that it had been declared invalid by Executive Order No. 49, series of 1945.
The petitioner, assisted by her husband,...