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Amedo vs. Rio

ELENA AMEDO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. RIO Y OLABARRIETA, INC., defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-6870 | 1954-05-24

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, J.:

This case was instituted on October 18, 1950. In her original complaint, plaintiff Elena Amedo sought to collect from defendant Rio y Olabarrieta, Inc., the sum of P2,038.40 as compensation for the death of her son, Filomeno Managuit, who worked for the defendant as a seaman of the M/S Pilar II. The main allegation of said original complaint was:

"That on May 27, 1949 at about 11:30 o'clock in the morning, while the deceased Filomeno Managuit was on board M/S 'Pilar II' as such seaman, he jumped into the water to retrieve a 2-peso...