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Rafaela Campo Vs. Juan Camarote, Et Al. 100 Phil 459

RAFAELA CAMPO, ERNESTO GILUANO, REMEDIOS GILUANO, ROSALINA GILUANO, and FELIX GILUANO, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. JUAN CAMAROTE and GREGORIO GEMILGA, defendants. JUAN CAMAROTE, appellant.

G.R. No. L-9147 | 1956-11-29

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

Juan Camarote was in 1953 the registered owner of a jeep with plate license DV-807 while Gregorio Gemilga, a duly licensed (professional) driver with license No. 77675, was his driver. On August 30, 1953, as Gemilga drove the jeep along the road in Davao, it bumped against the rear of another which two passengers had just boarded. As a result of the impact Felix Giluano suffered many physical injuries and he later died. So on October 26 a criminal information was filed against Gemilga. The trial was scheduled for December 11, 1953, but on December 5, 1953 Gemilga pleaded guilty to the information and was...