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Lucrecio De Guzman, Et Al. vs. Gaudencio Cloribel

LUCRECIO DE GUZMAN and ADELA DE LA CRUZ, petitioners, vs. HON. GAUDENCIO CLORIBEL, Judge of Manila Court of First Instance, VILFRAN TRANSPORTATION CO., name and business style of IGMEDIO VILLEGAS, owner and operator of the same ARTEMIO AGUILAR Y MALLARI, respondents.

G.R. No. L-24480 | 1968-01-16

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, C.J.: 

Original petition for certiorari, mandamus and prohibition. 

Petitioners, Lucrecio de Guzman and his wife, Adela de la Cruz, are the parents of Eduardo de Guzman, a newspaper vendor, 15 years of age, who died in Manila, on February 2, 1961, in consequence of injuries sustained when he was run over by a passenger bus of respondent Vilfran Transportation Co. - hereinafter referred to as the Company - driven by respondent Artemio Aguilar y Mallari, as he (Eduardo) fell or jumped from said vehicle, which he had boarded to sell newspapers to its passengers, while in motion. Hence, the petitioners...