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Rafael Reyes, Et Al. Vs. Compania Maritima

RAFAEL REYES ET AL., plaintiffs-appellees, vs. THE COMPANIA MARITIMA, a corporation, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 1133 | 1904-03-29

D E C I S I O N

MAPA, J.:

In January, 1895, in the city of Manila, there were five steamship companies, represented respectively by Messrs. Aldecoa & Co., and Francisco L. Roxas, and by the plaintiffs, Don Rafael Reyes and Don Francisco Reyes. These companies owned among others the steamships, Bauan, Espana, Saturnus, Bilbao, Serantes, Herminia, Francisco Reyes, Chispa, Uranus, Venus, Taurus, Brutus, Aeolus, Romulos, Butuan, Bolinao, Taal, Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Nuestra Senora de Loreto, Nuestra Senora del Carmen, Luzon, Salvadora, and Castellano.

The partners or stockholders of these firms having received to pool their respective...