FACTS:
On
July 25, 1956, Primitivo Ansay et al filed against the Board of Directors of
the National Development Company in the Court of First Instance of Manila a
complaint praying for a 20% Christmas bonus for the years 1954 and 1955.
Appellants
contend that there exists a cause of action in their complaint because their
claim rests on moral grounds or what in brief is defined by law as a natural
obligation.
ISSUE:
Whether or not the Christmas bonus is demandable.
HELD:
No, it is not demandable. Appellants admit that appellees are not under legal
obligation to give such claimed bonus and such grant only arises from a moral
obligation or natural obligation. However, natural obligation is only
enforceable with the presence of the element of voluntary fulfillment by the
obligor. In the case at bar, there has been no voluntary performance on the
part of the appellees. Hence, the bonus is not demandable.
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