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Agapito Fuellas vs. Elpidio Cadano

AGAPITO FUELLAS, petitioner, vs. ELPIDIO CADANO, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-14409 | 1961-10-31

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
PAREDES, J.: 
 
For serious physical injuries sustained by Pepito Cadano, son of plaintiff-appellee Elpidio Cadano, two separate actions were instituted, Civil Case No. 583, filed on October 1, 1954, for damages against Agapito Fuellas, father of the minor Rico Fuellas, who caused the injuries, and Criminal Case No. 1765, against Rico Fuellas, filed on November 11, 1954, for serious physical injuries. They were tried jointly. On May 18, 1956, a judgment of conviction in the criminal case was rendered, finding Rico Fuellas guilty of the offense charged. No pronouncement as to his civil liability was...