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General Bank & Trust Co., et al. Vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

GENERAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, CLARENCIO S. YUJUICO, SALVADOR D. TENORIO, IRINEO P. SAN LUIS and JOSE SANTOS, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS (Ninth Division) and MANUEL E. BATUCAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-42724 | 1985-04-09

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Court of Appeals' decision which affirmed the decision of the Court of First Instance of Cebu ordering the petitioners to pay private respondent Manuel E. Batucan, jointly and severally certain sums of money and attorney's fees.

The undisputed facts are as follows:

". . . this case starts with the employment of plaintiff-appellee with the Cebu Branch of the First National City Bank of New York for 18 years, where he rose to the position of Chief Clerk, Accounting Department (Exhibit O); that on January 11, 1965, plaintiff-appellee joined the...