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Quezon Institute Vs. Celso A. Velasco, Et Al.

QUEZON INSTITUTE, ETC., petitioner, vs. CELSO A. VELASCO, respondent.

G.R. No. L-7742 | 1955-11-23

D E C I S I O N


JUGO, J.:

These two cases are decided together as the same legal issues are involved in them.

Celso A. Velasco and Ernesto Paraso were employees of the Quezon Institute, an institution managed by The Philippine Tuberculosis Society. They contracted tuberculosis due to their work and were incapacitated for certain periods of time. They filed claims with The Workmen's Compensation Commission and were awarded the sums of P857.25 and P1,311.43, respectively. The Philippine Tuberculosis Society has filed with this Court a petition for review of the orders of said Commission awarding the sums mentioned.

The Workmen's...