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Honrion Lasam Vs. Frank Smith 045 Phil 657

HONRION LASAM ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. FRANK SMITH, jr., defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 19495 | 1924-02-02

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J .:

The plaintiffs are husband and wife and this action is brought to recover damages in the sum of P20,000 for physical injuries sustained by them in an automobile accident. The trial court rendered a judgment in their favor for the sum of P1,254.10, with legal interest from the date of the judgment. Both the plaintiffs and the defendant appeal, the former maintaining that the damages awarded are insufficient while the latter denies all liability for any damages whatever.

It appears from the evidence that on February 27, 1918, the defendant was of San Fernando, La Union, and engaged in the business of...