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Nemesio Azucena vs. Severino Potenciano, Et Al. 115 Phil. 465

NEMESIO AZUCENA, plaintiff-appellant, vs. SEVERINO POTENCIANO and LAGUNA TRANSPORTATION CO., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-14028 | 1962-06-30

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

Before us on appeal is the order of the Court of First Instance of Laguna, San Pablo branch, dated January 10, 1950, dismissing the complaint on motion of defendants-appellees. The action is for recovery of damages allegedly sustained as a result of a collision between plaintiff-appellant's scooter and a bus of appellee Laguna Transportation Company, then driven by its co-appellee Severino Potenciano. Negligence is imputed to the driver, and to the company itself with respect to the choice and supervision of its employees. The allegations tend to make out a case of quasi-delicit, or culpa...