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PEOPLE vs. Jose Hidalgo Y Resurreccion

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE HIDALGO y RESURRECCION and MAURA GOTENGCO y SOLIMAN, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-6273 | 1957-12-27

D E C I S I O N


ENDENCIA, J.:

Charged with and found guilty of arson on an inhabited building, with the aggravating circumstances of premeditation and nighttime, without any mitigating circumstance to offset the same, the accused spouses were sentenced by the Court of First Instance of Manila to suffer reclusion perpetua, with the accessory penalties of the law, to pay jointly and severally indemnity in the sum of P11,870.47 as follows: P3,400 to the Alto Surety & Insurance Co., P3,475 to New Zealand Insurance Co., P1,895 to Malayan Insurance Co., P1,600 to South British Insurance Co., P1,500 to Pacific National Fire Insurance Co., plus...