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Board of Directors of the Philippine National Bank vs. Court Of Appeals, et al. 2 SCRA 561

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and OSCAR C. MELLA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-16518 | 1961-05-31

 
D E C I S I O N

BARRERA, J.:

From the decision of the Court of Appeals (in CA-G.R. No. 22887-R) ordering the reinstatement to his former position, with back salaries, of dismissed employee Oscar G. Mella, the Board of Directors of the Philippine National Bank (PNB) interposed an appeal by way of the instant petition for certiorari. 

As contained in the decision of the Court of Appeals, it appears that Oscar C. Mella first entered employment in the PNB in 1937, working in various capacities until, after the war, he was promoted to the position of paying teller. 

In 1949, one Jose D. Cortes, allegedly in connivance with certain...