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Simon De La Cruz vs. Capital Insurance & Surety Co., Inc. 17 SCRA 559

SIMON DE LA CRUZ, plaintiff-appellee, vs. THE CAPITAL INSURANCE & SURETY CO., INC., defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-21574 | 1966-06-30

EN BANC
D E C I S I O N 
 
 
BARRERA, J.: 
 
This is an appeal by the Capital Insurance & Surety Company, Inc., from the decision of the court of First Instance of Pangasinan (in Civ. Case No. U-265), ordering it to indemnify therein plaintiff Simon de la Cruz for the death of the latter's son, to pay the burial expenses, and attorney's fees. 
 
Eduardo de la Cruz, employed as a mucker in the Itogon-Suyoc Mines, Inc. in Baguio, was the holder of an accident insurance policy (No. ITO-BFE-170) underwritten by the Capital Insurance & Surety Co., Inc., for the period beginning November 13, 1956 to...