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Teofilo Sison Vs. Government Service Insurance System

TEOFILO SISON, plaintiff-appellant, vs. GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-15637 | 1961-02-22

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Direct appeal on points of law from the decision, dated April 30, 1959, of the Court of First Instance of Rizal in its Civil Case No. Q-3551, dismissing plaintiff's complaint without special pronouncement as to costs. 

The facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff-appellant Teofilo Sison had held various government positions since 1901; first as a court stenographer, then as Provincial Governor of Pangasinan later as Senator and finally, as Secretary of Justice. Then, on February 7, 1936, he was appointed Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals. He served in the appellate court until (October...