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Montoya vs. Ignacio 94 Phil 187

SANCHO MONTOYA, in his own behalf and as guardian ad litem of the minors ISMAEL, FELICITAS, DIVINA and NAPOLEON, all surnamed MONTOYA, petitioners, vs. MARCELINO IGNACIO, respondent.

G.R. No. L-5868 | 1953-12-29

D E C I S I O N 

BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: 

In the afternoon of January 5, 1949, Tomasita Arca boarded the jeepney driven by Leonardo de Guzman at Tanza, Cavite in order to go to Cavite City. She paid the usual fare for the trip. While the jeepney was on its way to its destination, and at a point between Tanza and Cavite City, somewhere in barrio Ligton, municipality of Rosario, it collided with a bus of the Luzon Bus Line causing as a result the death of Tomasita. Tomasita was then a school teacher of Tanza Elementary School with an annual Compensation of P1,320. Her death left a widower and four minor children. Because of the...