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Briones vs. Osmena 104 Phil 588

CONCEPCION G. BRIONES accompanied by her husband DEMOCRITO R. BRIONES, and FAUSTINO O. ROSAGARAN, petitioners-appellees, vs. SERGIO OSMENA, JR., Mayor of Cebu City, ETC., ET AL., respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. L-12536 | 1958-09-24

D E C I S I O N
 
REYES, J.B.L., J.:
 
This is an action for mandamus with damages, to declare the abolition of petitioners' positions void and to order the respondent City Mayor to reinstate them to their former positions.
 
Petitioner Concepcion G. Briones is a first grade civil service eligible. On March 4, 1937, she was appointed Clerk-Stenographer in the Office of the City Treasurer of Cebu and on August 5, 1937, she was transferred to the Office of the City Mayor, in the same capacity as Clerk-Stenographer, but with permanent status, since then she remained in service continuously, receiving repeated promotions and...