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Antonio Garcia Palomar Vs. Hotel De France Co. 042 Phil 660

ANTONIO GARCIA PALOMAR, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE HOTEL DE FRANCE COMPANY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 15878 | 1922-01-11

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J.:

This action was instituted in the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila by Antonio Garcia Palomar to recover of the Hotel de France Company a sum of money as damages for the alleged wrongful discharge of the plaintiff from the position of manager of the Hotel de France in the city of Manila. Upon hearing the cause, the trial judge found that the plaintiff had been wrongfully discharged, as alleged, but instead of allowing damages to the full extent of the sum of P23,100 claimed by the plaintiff in his amended complaint, awarded the sum of P6,000, less the amount of P328.88, admittedly due from the...