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Robert V. Dell Vs. Manila Electric Railroad And Light Company

ROBERT V. DELL, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND LIGFHT COMPANY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 4290 | 1909-07-21

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

On the 1st day of April, 1907, the plaintiff commenced an action in the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila to recover the sum of P500 as damages for injuries done by the defendant to a hearse belonging to the plaintiff, which damages, it was alleged, were caused through the neglect of the employees of the defendant in operating a car upon the street railway owned by the defendant. The defendant filed a general denial.

After hearing the evidence adduced during the trial of the cause, the lower court who saw and heard the witnesses made the following findings of fact:

"From the evidence presented...