Correa Torres v. Sociedad Mario Mercado e Hijos

Mr. Chief Justice de Jesús

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Basiliso Correa Torres sued the sociedad Mario Mercado e Hijos for the wages corresponding to the extra hours which he worked as majordomo in defendant’s properties during the period between November 7, 1935 and April 30, 1949.

As grounds for his claim he alleged that during said period he worked 14 hours daily including Sundays; that from November 7, 1935 until January 2, 1941 his salary *79amounted to $9 weekly; from January 3, 1941 until December 29, 1943, to $12 weekly; and from December 30, 1943 until April 30, 1949, to $14 weekly.

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