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Manila Railroad Company vs. Macaria Ballesteros, Et Al.

MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, petitioner, vs. MACARIA BALLESTEROS, TIMOTEO CAMAYO, JOSE REYES and JULIAN MAIMBAN, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. L-19161 | 1966-04-29

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

In Civil Case No. 45968 of the Court of First Instance of Manila (Macaria Ballesteros, Timoteo Camayo, Jose Reyes and Julian Maimban, Jr. vs. Manila Railroad Company) the defendant was adjudged to pay damages in the following amounts: P2,400 to Macaria Ballesteros; P4,000 to Timoteo Camayo; P3,000 to Jose Reyes; and P2,000, plus P1,000 as attorneys fees, to Julian Maimban, Jr.
 
The defendant appealed from the judgment, but upon motion by the plaintiffs the trial court, by order dated October 14, 1961, dismissed the appeal on the ground that it was "manifestly and palpably frivolous and...