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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Paras, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ENRIQUE PARAS Y CHU and FELICISIMO DE JESUS Y SANTOS, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-23111 | 1974-03-29

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Ernesto Reyes, 18, drove the family's army-type jeep the morning of October 23, 1963 to conduct a younger brother and sister to their respective schools. It was a regular schoolday chore Ernesto was assigned by his parents to perform, he being the eldest child in the family of retired Army Captain and Mrs. Victorino Reyes of 43 Stanford, Quezon City. From that morning trip Ernesto never returned.

Ordinarily Ernesto should be back home in about half an hour, but that morning he was expected to be a little late as he was supposed to pass by a vulcanizing shop on his way back to have a spare tire repaired. When...