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BENGZON v. SECRETARY OF JUSTICE

No. 214.

299 U.S. 410 (1937)

57 S.Ct. 252

81 L.Ed. 312

BENGZON v. SECRETARY OF JUSTICE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Pedro Y. Ylagan submitted for petitioner.

Mr. Eugene M. Caffey, with whom Mr. Lowell W. Bassett was on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought by petitioner against respondents in the Court of First Instance of Manila, for a writ of mandamus commanding respondents to approve and order payment of a gratuity awarded to him by § 7 of the Retirement Gratuity Law (Act 4051, Laws of the Philippines), notwithstanding the veto of that section by the Governor-General. The Court of First Instance, upon respondents' demurrer, dismissed...

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