Case Digest (G.R. No. L-8670)
Facts:
Eutiqio Bermoy, et al. v. Philippine Normal College, et al., G.R. No. L-8670, May 18, 1956, the Supreme Court En Banc, Reyes, A., J., writing for the Court. Twenty employees of the Philippine Normal College (formerly the Philippine Normal School), employed as cooks, waiters, dishwashers and in other dormitory capacities at Normal Hall, filed suit on July 6, 1954 in the Court of First Instance of Manila for recovery of salary differentials and overtime pay against the College and/or School.
The Solicitor General answered on behalf of the defendants, denying liability. Before trial on the merits, the trial court dismissed the complaint on the ground that neither defendant constituted a corporation or juridical entity with capacity to be sued; the court therefore found lack of legal personality. The trial court denied plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration of that dismissal.
The plaintiffs appealed the dismissal to the Supreme Court. The Solicitor General argued before the Court that, although the College had a jurid...(Pro-only)
Issues:
- Did the trial court err in dismissing the plaintiffs' action on the ground that the defendants lacked capacity to be sued?
- Can the Philippine Normal College, as an instrumentality of the State, be sued without separate s...(Pro-only)
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