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Su?ga vs. City of Manila

ALEJANDRIA SU?GA, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE CITY OF MANILA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 36844 | 1933-02-17

D E C I S I O N

IMPERIAL, J:

This is an appeal taken by the plaintiff, Alejandria Suñga, from the judgment rendered by the Court of First Instance of Manila, absolving the defendant City of Manila from the complaint filed by the said plaintiff to recover an indemnity at P7.20 a week for a period of 208 weeks from September 17, 1930, for the death of her husband Narciso Yalun.

Yalun was a laborer employed in the sanitation section, Department of Engineering and Public Works, City of Manila, at a salary of P50 a month. He was married to the plaintiff with whom he had four minor children. He used to work from 6 o'clock in the...