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Melecio Coquia, Et., Al. vs. Fieldmen's Insurance Co., Inc., 26 SCRA 178

MELECIO COQUIA, MARIA ESPANUEVA and MANILA YELLOW TAXICAB CO., INC., plaintiffs-appellees, vs. FIELDMEN'S INSURANCE CO., INC., defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-23276 | 1968-11-29

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CONCEPCION, C.J.: 

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, certified to us by the Court of Appeals, only questions of law being involved therein. Indeed, the pertinent facts have been stipulated and/or, admitted by the parties at the hearing of the case in the trial court, to dispense with the presentation of evidence therein. 

It appears that on December 1, 1961, appellant Fieldmen's Insurance Company, Inc. - herein after referred to as the Company - issued, in favor of the Manila Yellow Taxicab Co., Inc.- herein after referred to as the Insured - a common carrier...