Back

Allan A. Bryan, Et Al. Vs. Eastern & Australian S. S. Co., Ltd. 028 Phil 310

ALLAN A. BRYAN ET AL., plaintiffs-appellees, vs. EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN S. S. CO., LTD., defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 9403 | 1914-11-04

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is an action to recover P1,915.30 damages alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in handling the plaintiff's baggage, whereby it fell into the sea and was injured or destroyed.

The plaintiffs wee passengers on the streamer St. Albans, which, at the time herein complained of, was the property of the defendant corporation and was engaged in carrying freight and passengers between Shanghai, China, and Manila, Philippine Islands. It arrived in Manila on the morning of the 7th of January, 1913. Shortly after its arrival plaintiff's baggage was taken out of the hold of the ship for...