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Gregorio Fernandez Vs. Mla. Electric Railroad And Light Co.

GREGORIO FERNANDEZ, plaintiff-appellee, vs. THE MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 3865 | 1909-10-16

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries caused by being shocked and burned by coming in contract with a live electric light wire, negligently placed by the defendant in one of the streets of the city of Manila.

The defendant, answering, makes a general denial and sets up as a special defense and bar to the action a release executed by the plaintiff, wherein the plaintiff, in consideration of P20 paid as damages, absolved the defendant from all further liability by reason of the negligence referred to.

The plaintiff denies in his reply the execution of the...