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Victoriano Zamoras vs. Roque Su, Jr., et al.

VICTORIANO ZAMORAS, petitioner, vs. ROQUE SU, JR., ANITA SU HORTELLANO and NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. 85611 | 1990-04-06

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

The issue in this petition is whether, upon the established facts, the petitioner was an employee or tenant of the private respondents.

The petitioner, Victoriano Zamoras, was hired by the respondent, Roque Su, Jr., in 1957 as overseer of his coconut land in Asenario, Dapitan City. Zamoras was charged with the task of having the land titled in Su's name, and of assigning portions to be worked by tenants, supervising the cleaning, planting, care and cultivation of the land, the harvesting of coconuts and selling of the copra. As compensation, Su paid Zamoras a salary of P2,400 per month plus one-third...