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Jose Son Vs. Cebu Autobus Co. 094 Phil 892

JOSE SON, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CEBU AUTOBUS COMPANY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-6155 | 1954-04-30

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

The plaintiff, Jose Son, instituted in the Court of First Instance of Cebu an action seeking to recover from the defendant, Cebu Autobus Company, damages in the total sum of P12,660, alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff as a result of the fact that the defendant's TPU truck No. 312 fell into a canal in the barrio of Macaas, municipality of Catmon, Cebu, on September 18, 1948, due to a defect of its engine or to the negligence of its driver, the plaintiff (then a passenger of the vehicle) having received serious injuries and two of his hogs (loaded therein) having been killed. The defense set up by...