B-130061, JAN. 8, 1957
Highlights
ABAD: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 12. BARRING YOUR CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN RENDERED BY YOUR DECEASED SON. SINCE YOU WERE FURNISHED A COPY OF SAID LAW. YOUR ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO SECTION 2 THEREOF. ABAD WAS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE UNTIL MAY 4. ABAD WAS NOT RECEIVED HERE UNTIL JULY 5. ABAD MAY HAVE FILED A SIMILAR CLAIM WITH ONE OF THE AUTHORIZED PAYROLL CERTIFYING OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE PHILIPPINES WOULD NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC LAW 820.
B-130061, JAN. 8, 1957
TO MR. JACINTO R. ABAD AND MRS. TRINIDAD E. ABAD:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 12, 1956, WITH ENCLOSURE, REQUESTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF OUR OFFICE PURSUANT TO THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, PUBLIC LAW 820, 54 STAT. 1061 (31 U.S.C. 237), BARRING YOUR CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN RENDERED BY YOUR DECEASED SON, BENJAMIN E. ABAD, AS A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AFWESPEC, BASE X, APO 75.
SINCE YOU WERE FURNISHED A COPY OF SAID LAW, WHICH BARS CLAIMS SUCH AS YOURS, YOUR ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO SECTION 2 THEREOF, PROVIDING THAT "SUCH ACTION SHALL BE A COMPLETE RESPONSE WITHOUT FURTHER COMMUNICATION.'
THE RECORDS SHOW THAT YOUR SON, BENJAMIN E. ABAD, DIED ON MARCH 6, 1946, AND THE CLAIM OF JACINTO R. ABAD WAS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE UNTIL MAY 4, 1956, AND THE CLAIM OF TRINIDAD E. ABAD WAS NOT RECEIVED HERE UNTIL JULY 5, 1956. THE FACT THAT ON FEBRUARY 22, 1956, JACINTO R. ABAD MAY HAVE FILED A SIMILAR CLAIM WITH ONE OF THE AUTHORIZED PAYROLL CERTIFYING OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE PHILIPPINES WOULD NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC LAW 820, WHICH CLEARLY BARS ALL CLAIMS NOT RECEIVED IN THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WITHIN TEN FULL YEARS AFTER THE CLAIM FIRST ACCRUED.