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S. Ramos vs. P. Poblete, Et. Al.

SANTIAGO RAMOS, petitioner, vs. PEDRO POBLETE and JACOBA JARIN, respondents.

G.R. No. 47829 | 1941-10-08

D E C I S I O N

OZAETA, J p:

This is an action for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act. It was commenced in the Court of First Instance of Cavite by the above-named respondents, who are the parents of Agripino Poblete. The latter died as a result of an accident that occurred under the following circumstances:.

While riding as a laborer in a freight truck owned and driven by the petitioner, en route from Silang, Cavite, to Manila, in the early morning of January 26, 1937, Agripino Poblete noticed that a buri sack fell from the vehicle, and shouted for the driver to stop. Before the truck came to a full stop, Poblete got off...