FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. L-7900. January 12, 1956.]
CIRIACO TIGLAO, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.
First Assistant Corporate Counsel Simeon M. Gopengco and Arturo B. Santos, for appellant.
Gregorio E. Fajardo, for appellees.
SYLLABUS
GOVERNMENT-OWNED CORPORATIONS; WHEN PAYMENT OF SALARY DIFFERENTIALS TO EMPLOYEES DEEMED AN OBLIGATION TO PAY WITH A TERM LEFT TO THE WILL OF DEBTOR; COURT MAY FIX DURATION OF TERM, NOT NECESSARILY IN A SEPARATE ACTION. — Where the time to redeem defendant’s promise to pay salary differentials to its employee after the exhaustion of what had already been appropriated for that purpose, depended upon the judgment of its board of directors
