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B-190771 1 (1978-04-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfzk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: / L ' lTtOMPTO LnE sNNNAL DUCIUION OF THR UNITED STATES S ?WAUHINGYN, Q.0 ,e0548 FILE: 1-190771 OATIAprfl 17, 1978 MATTER. OF: North American Van Lines DIGEST: 1. Generally, *io particular form is required for filing a claim, and this Office, in the past, has exercisec itu discretion in establishing the quantum of evidentiary support necessary to certify a claim. 2. Subrogation applies where a party is compelled to pay the debt of a third person to protect his own right or interest or to save his own property. 3. Doctrine of subrogation never lies where one who is merely a volunteer pays the debt of another. Carolyn Why, an authorized certifyig officer of the U. S. * General Accounting Office (GAO), has requested an advance decision on the piopriety of certifying two vouchers totaling $8,308.32 for payment. The vouchors were preseated for payment by North American Van Lines (North American) and cover export packing and crating charges and line-haul transportation charges for a shipment of household goods of a GAO employee, Wayne Tucker, pursuant to his permanent change of statiuc from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Panama City, Panama. Ms. May, as an authorized certifying officer, is entitled to an advance decision by the Comptroller General on the question of law whether the transportaetion charges should be certified for payment. 31 U.S.C. 82d (1970). And as required by our procedures, Ms. May has submitted the original vouchers presented for certifi- cation. 52 Comp. Gen. 83 (1972). Ms. Kay,states that the two vouchers are not proper in that (1) the packing and criatii charges are billed on a Standard Form 1113 rather than on a Standard Form 1034, the one prescribed by our regulations; (2) the bill for line-haul transportation charges includes an excess valuation charge; and (3) the voucher for line- haul charges is not supported by a Government bill of lading (GBL) contract of carriage and does not show a vessel sailing date. II

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