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Castillo, Artemio vs. Filtex International Corp.

ARTEMIO CASTILLO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. FILTEX INTERNATIONAL CORP., defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-37788 | 1983-09-30

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

This appeal, certified to this Court by the defunct Court of Appeals, challenges the decision of the Court of First Instance of Rizal which dismissed the complaint of appellant Artemio Castillo for reinstatement and payment of back wages, and ordered him to pay defendant Filtex International Corporation, hereinafter referred to as FILTEX, the sum of P1,000.00, as attorney's fees, plus costs.

The facts culled from the pleadings and the stipulation of facts entered into at the pre-trial are as follows:

Artemio Castillo, an employee of FILTEX and a member of the Samahan ng Malaya Manggagawa sa Filtex (FFW),...