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Geluz vs. Court Of Appeals

ANTONIO GELUZ, petitioner, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS and OSCAR LAZO, respondents. Mariano H. de Joya for petitioner. A.P. Salvador for respondents.

G.R. No. L-16439 | 1961-07-20

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N

REYES, J.B.L., J.:
 
This petition for certiorari brings up for review the question whether the husband of a woman, who voluntarily procured her abortion, could recover damages from the physician who caused the same. 
 
The litigation was commenced in the Court of First Instance of Manila by respondent Oscar Lazo, the husband of Nita Villanueva, against petitioner Antonio Geluz, a physician. Convinced of the merits of the complaint upon the evidence adduced, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff Lazo and against defendant Geluz...