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Brion v. Southern Philippine Union Mission of the Seventh Day Adventist Church

DELFIN A. BRION, petitioner, vs. SOUTH PHILIPPINE UNION MISSION OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, represented by PASTORS PATERNO DIAZ, ULYSSES CAMAGAY, MANUEL DONATO and WENDELL SERRANO, respondents.

G.R. No. 135136 | 1999-05-19

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J.:

Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude ...

[Shakespeare: As You Like It, Act II, sc. 7, Line 174]

Vilified as an ingrate by his erstwhile church, accused of being possessed by the devil, and likened to the dog that bit the hand that fed him, petitioner Delfin A. Brion comes to this Court with a novel question of law: Must the conditions for eligibility for retirement be met only at the time of retirement or are these conditions continuing ones which must be complied with even after one has retired?

The facts are simple.

Petitioner Delfin A. Brion became a member of respondent South...