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City Of Manila Vs. Manila Electric Company 052 Phil 586

THE CITY OF MANILA, plaintiff-appellee, vs. THE MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 29356 | 1928-12-29

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:

The Manila Electric Company appeals from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila which condemns it to pay to the City of Manila the sum of P1,788.27, with legal interest from September 10, 1927, and with costs. While the case in its superficial aspects has appeared to be a simple one, in its fundamentals the cause suggests important questions which possibly the parties have not entirely grasped. By way of preliminary statement, it also remains to be said that the numerous deliberations of the court on the case have disclosed conflicting views which it is difficult to reconcile. The present...