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Clara Cerezo vs. Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company 33 Phil 425

CLARA CEREZO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE ATLANTIC GULF & PACIFIC COMPANY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 10107 | 1916-02-04

D E C I S I O N

TRENT, J.:

This is an action for damages against the defendant for negligently causing the death of the plaintiff's son, Jorge Ocumen, on the 8th of July, 1913, deceased being plaintiff's only means of support. Judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of P1,250, together with interest and costs. Defendant appealed.

The deceased was an employee of the defendant as a day laborer on the 8th day of July, 1913, assisting in laying gas pipes on Calle Herran in the city of Manila. The digging of the trench was completed both ways from the cross-trench in Calle Paz, and the pipes were laid therein up to that...