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Wack Wack Golf & Country Club Vs. Workmen's Compensation Com., Et Al 101 Phil 566

WACK WACK GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, INC., petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and ANTONIO VALENTIN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-9641 | 1957-05-24

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

The case. The Wack Wack Golf and Country Club, Inc. has brought up for review the award of the Workmen's Compensation Commission requiring it to compensate its former chief cook, Antonio G. Valentin, for disability resulting from illness contracted and/or aggravated while working in its employment.

The issue is mainly whether Republic Act 772 governs the situation, or whether, as petitioner contends, the applicable statute is Act No. 3428 as amended by Commonwealth Act 210.

The facts. Antonio G. Valentin entered petitioner's employ in 1935 and worked as cook until December 1941. In May 1947 he was re-...