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Soledad Belandres Vs. Lopez Sugar Central Mill Co., Inc.

SOLEDAD BELANDRES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. LOPEZ SUGAR CENTRAL MILL CO., INC., defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-6869 | 1955-05-27

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

This action was brought by the plaintiff-appellant to recover damages for the death of her son Querubin Villa, a train conductor employed by defendant-appellee in the transportation of cane to its mill. The complaint alleges that on May 5, 1952, while said Querubin Villa was riding as train conductor on an empty car, some empty cars were derailed because of the negligence of the employees of the defendant-appellee (the engine driver, superintendent, brakemen and inspector), and the car on which he was riding was also derailed; that Villa fell from the empty car on which he was riding and the wheels of the...