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In Re: Jose B. Yusay, etal. Vs. Teresita Y. Ramos

IN THE MATTER OF INTESTATE ESTATE OF JOSE B. YUSAY, JAIME VILLANUEVA, VIVENCIO BIGSAT, ANACLETO LIBO-ON, FELECITO ARAQUIEL, NARCISO PARCON, JOSE JEONGCO, ARISTON DE JUAN, DIONISIO CERCADO, GERONIMO YUNSAY, LEONCIO YUNSAY, MANUEL PILLA, BUENVINIDO FRANCO, CIRIACO CABAL, ANTONIO LARANO, SALVADOR DEL PRADO, and CORNELIO PATRIARCA, movants-claimants-appellants, vs. TERESITA Y. RAMOS, administratric-oppositor-appellee.

G.R. No. L-53966 | 1988-05-21

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The Court of Appeals forwarded this appeal to us on the ground that the question raised is a purely legal one. The order appealed from was issued by the then Court of First Instance of Iloilo, Branch IV which sustained the refusal of the administratrix of the late Jose B. Yusay's estate to pay P26,907.22 earlier awarded to the petitioners by the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC). **

The facts of the case are found in the Court of Appeals' resolution, as follows:

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". . . The claimants-appellants were laborers working for Jose B. Yusay. After Mr. Yusay's death on September 19,...