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Leonardo Montes Vs. Civil Service Board Of Appeals, Et Al 101 Phil 490

LEONARDO MONTES, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD OF APPEALS and THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-10759 | 1957-05-20

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

Petitioner-appellant was on and before January, 1953, a watchman of the Floating Equipment Section, Ports and Harbors Division, Bureau of Public Works. In Administrative Case No. R-8182 instituted against him for negligence in the performance of duty (Dredge No. 6 under him had sunk because of water in the bilge, which he did not pump out while under his care), the Commissioner of Civil Service exonerated him, on the basis of findings made by a committee. But the Civil Service Board of Appeals modified the decision, finding petitioner guilty of contributory negligence in not pumping the water from the...