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Cornelia A. De Gillaco, Et Al. Vs. Manila Railroad Co.

CORNELIA A. DE GILLACO, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellees, vs. MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-8034 | 1955-11-18

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J.:

The Manila Railroad Company has appealed from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Laguna sentencing it to pay P4,000 damages to the appellees herein, the widow and children of the late Tomas Gillaco, shot by an employee of the Company in April, 1946.

The judgment was rendered upon the following stipulation of facts:

"That at about 7:30 a.m., on the morning of April 1, 1946, Lieut. Tomas Gillaco, husband of the plaintiff, was a passenger in the early morning train of the Manila Railroad Company from Calamba, Laguna to Manila;

That when the train reached the Paco Railroad station, Emilio...