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Josefa Vda. De Cruz, Et Al Vs. Manila Hotel Co. 101 Phil 358

JOSEFA VDA. DE CRUZ, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE MANILA HOTEL COMPANY, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-9110 | 1957-04-30

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

On May 22, 1954 and for several years before, Tirso Cruz with his orchestra furnished music to the Manila Hotel under the arrangement hereafter to be set forth. On that date the corporation owning the Hotel gave written notice to its employees that beginning July 1, 1954 the Hotel would be leased to the Bay View Hotel, and that those employees to be laid off would be granted a separation gratuity computed according to specified terms and conditions.

Cruz and his musicians claimed the gratuity; but the Manila Hotel management denied their claim saying they were not its employees. Wherefore they instituted...