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Bacani v. NACOCO (G.R. No. L-9657, November 29, 1956)

The document summarizes a court case between court stenographers Leopoldo T. Bacani and Mateo A. Matoto and the National Coconut Corporation regarding payment of fees for transcript copies. The stenographers provided transcript copies to the corporation's legal counsel and billed for their fees, but the Auditor General later disallowed payment and sought reimbursement, arguing the corporation was exempt as a government entity. The stenographers sued to prevent deduction of the fees from their salaries and obtain a ruling that the corporation was not a government entity exempt from transcript fees under the rules. The court ultimately found in favor of the stenographers, ruling the corporation was not a government entity exempt from fees.

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Bacani v. NACOCO (G.R. No. L-9657, November 29, 1956)

The document summarizes a court case between court stenographers Leopoldo T. Bacani and Mateo A. Matoto and the National Coconut Corporation regarding payment of fees for transcript copies. The stenographers provided transcript copies to the corporation's legal counsel and billed for their fees, but the Auditor General later disallowed payment and sought reimbursement, arguing the corporation was exempt as a government entity. The stenographers sued to prevent deduction of the fees from their salaries and obtain a ruling that the corporation was not a government entity exempt from transcript fees under the rules. The court ultimately found in favor of the stenographers, ruling the corporation was not a government entity exempt from fees.

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LEOPOLDO T. BACANI v. NATIONAL COCONUT CORPORATION http://lawyerly.

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[ GR No. L-9657, Nov 29, 1956 ]

LEOPOLDO T. BACANI v. NATIONAL COCONUT CORPORATION

DECISION
100 Phil. 468

BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:


Plaintiffs herein are court stenographers assigned in Branch VI of the Court of First
Instance of Manila. During the pendency of Civil Case No. 2293 of said court, entitled
Francisco Sycip vs. National Coconut Corporation, Assistant Corporate Counsel
Federico Alikpala, counsel for defendant, requested said stenographers for copies of the
transcript of the stenographic notes taken by them duririg the hearing. Plaintiffs
complied with the request by delivering to Counsel Alikpala the needed transcript
containing 714 pages and thereafter submitted to him their bills for the payment of
their fees. The National Coconut Corporation paid the amount of P564 to Leopoldo T.
Baeani and P150 to Mateo A. Matoto for said transcript at the rate of P1 per page.
Upon inspecting the books of this corporation, the Auditor General disallowed the
payment of these fees and sought the recovery of the amounts paid. On January 19,
1953, the Auditor General required the plaintiffs to reimburse said amounts on the
strength of a circular of the Department of Justice wherein the opinion was expressed
that the National Coconut Corporation, being a government entity, was exempt from
the payment of the fees in question. On February 6, 1954, the Auditor General issued
an order directing the Cashier of the Department of Justice to deduct from the salary of
Leopold© T. Bacani the amount of P25 every payday and from the salary of Mateo A.
Matoto the amount of P10 every payday beginning March 30, 1954. To prevent
deduction of these fees from1 their salaries and secure a judicial ruling that the
National Coconut Corporation is not a government entity within the purview of section
16, Rule 130 of the Rules of Court, this action was instituted in the Court of First
Instance of Manila.
Defendants set up as a defense that the National Coconut Corporation is a government
entity within the purview of section 2 of the Revised Administrative Code of 1917 and,
hence, it is exempt from paying the stenographers' fees under Rule 130 of. the Rules of
Court. After trial, the court found for the plaintiffs declaring (1) "that defendant

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