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Isberto vs. Raquiza, et al

JUAN R. ISBERTO, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO V. RAQUIZA, as Secretary of Public Works and Communications, ALEJANDRO D. DELENA, as Director of Public Works and ADRIANO L. BANDONG, as District Engineer, defen

G.R. No. L-35001 | 1975-09-25

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

Certified to Us by the Court of Appeals for review on question of law is the decision of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan in Civil Case No. 14740-II, ordering the defendants to pay the back salaries of the plaintiff.

On February 1, 1957, plaintiff was appointed as a Building Foreman in the Office of the District Engineer of Pangasinan in a permanent capacity with a salary of P2,040.00 per annum. On December 23, 1957, he fell ill and was hospitalized. His illness later developed into a tuberculosis of the bone (Pott's disease). In view of his affliction, he was constrained to apply for a leave of...