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Phil. Long Distance Tel. Co. Vs. Free Tel. Workers Union, et al.

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, plaintiff-appellant, vs. FREE TELEPHONE WORKERS UNION, EUSEBIO T. QUINIO, PAULINO DE JESUS, ASUNCION VILLANUEVA, JOSEFA STA. ROSA, ANGELINA REYES, DOLORES MONTALES, JOSE DE LA TORRE, EMILIO CABRERA, FRANCISCO AQUINO, RESTITUTO PARCON, GREGORIO RUFINO, GRACIANO PAGARIGAN, LEGARIO DELOS REYES, MACARIO MACARAEG, RAMON BAVIERA, ALFREDO ALMERO, CIRIACO PEDANO, CONSTANCIO TALUSAN, MANUEL SANCHEZ, ILDEFONSO ABASOLO, CONSTANTINO PASTRANA, BENITO DELFIN, JESUS LIBRES, MARSHAL DIZON, CESAR REBUENO and PAULINO DE JESUS, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-25933 | 1982-08-30

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

Appeal from the February 18, 1966 order of the Court of First Instance of Manila dismissing Civil Case No. 63688 on the ground that the same had been prematurely filed.

This is one of several cases that reached this Court in connection with the 1964 labor dispute between the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and the Free Telephone Workers Union.

In a complaint filed on December 20, 1965, in the Court of First Instance of Manila, against the Free Telephone Workers Union and 26 other persons named therein, plaintiff Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company alleged that on November 3, 1964, the...