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Emilio Bueno Vs. La Compania Minas De Carbon De Batan

EMILIO BUENO, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LA COMPANIA MINAS DE CARBON DE BATAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 1791 | 1905-11-07

D E C I S I O N

ARELLANO, C.J.:

This is an action brought by the plaintiff for salary alleged to be due him from the defendant company under a contract of hiring. The net amount sued for is $327.25, plus $5,000 claimed as damages.

On December 23, 1902, plaintiff was employed to work in the Batan mines. The defendant company denied the allegations of the complaint and set up the following counterclaim: For 225 Spanish pesetas remitted by draft to plaintiff's family in Spain at the latter's request; $124 for groceries drawn by plaintiff from the company's supply store in Batan; $49.80 for a transportation ticket furnished the...