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City of Manila vs. Teotico

CITY OF MANILA, petitioner, vs. GENERO M. TEOTICO and THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-23052 | 1968-01-29

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
CONCEPCION, C.J.: 

Appeal by certiorari from a decision of the Court of Appeals.

On January 27, 1958, at about 8:00 p.m., Genaro N. Teotico was at the corner of the Old Luneta and P. Burgos Avenue, Manila, within a "loading and unloading" zone, waiting for a jeepney to take him down town. After waiting for about five minutes, he managed to hail a jeepney that came along to a stop. As he stepped down from the curb to board the jeepney, and took a few steps, he fell inside an uncovered and unlighted catchbasin or manhole on P. Burgos Avenue....