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HERBERT BROWNELL, JR. versus SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA G.R. No.

L-5731 June 22, 1954 FACTS: Subject of this petition is the endowment policy which insured Aihara and Gayapan and upon its maturity the proceeds were payable to said insured. Brownell instituted this case to compel Sun Life to comply with the demand to pay representing the half of the proceeds of endowment policy and payable to one Naogiro Aihara, a Japanese national. Such claim is based on Section 5(b) (2) of the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States. Which claim was approved and granted by the lower court ordering SLACOC to pay herein petitioner.

ISSUE: Whether or not such Act is still binding despite independence of the Philippines from American government? HELD: Yes. The extension of the Philippine Property Act of 1946 is clearly implied from the acts of the President of the Philippines and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, as well as by the enactment of R.A. Nos. 7, 8 and 477. the complete

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