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Aparecio Albuera Vs. Bernardo Torres

APARECIO ALBUERA, ETC., ET AL. petitioner-appellees, vs. BERNARDO TORRES, as Provincial Governor of Leyte, and FRANCISCO ASTILLA, and MANUEL NIERRAS as Members of the Provincial Board of Leyte, respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. L-9634 | 1957-10-30

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, J.:

Plaintiffs herein are foremen, carpenters, "camineros" truck drivers and a watchman employed in the maintenance of the provincial roads and bridges of Leyte. This action was instituted against Bernardo Torres, as Provincial Governor of Leyte, and Francisco Astilla and Manuel Nierras, as Members of the Provincial Board of Leyte, for the purpose of restraining them from dispensing with the services of the plaintiffs and of securing indemnity for moral damages. Upon the filing of the complaint, the Court of First Instance of Leyte, issued an order directing the defendants "to desist and refrain from removing...