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Batangas laguna tayabas Bus Company vs. Court of Appeals, et al

BATANGAS LAGUNA TAYABAS BUS COMPANY, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and GREGORIO HINAGPIS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-38504 | 1977-10-25

D E C I S I O N

GUERRERO, J:

Petitioner comes before this Court praying for the review, by way of appeal by certiorari, of the decision dated February 21, 1974 and the resolution dated March 27, 1974 of the Court of Appeals, 1 pursuant to Section 17, par. 4 of the Judiciary Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 5440.

The questioned decision of respondent Court of Appeals 2 discloses the following undisputed facts:

"Plaintiff was an employee of the defendant Laguna Tayabas Bus Company from October 1927 to July 31, 1963, except for the years 1942 to 1944 of the Japanese Occupation, or for a net period of 33 years. At the time of his...