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Fores vs. Miranda

PAZ FORES, petitioner, vs. IRENEO MIRANDA, respondent.

G.R. No. L-12163 | 1959-03-04

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
REYES, J.B.L., J.:

Defendant-petitioner Paz Fores brings this petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals (C. A. Case No. 1437-R) awarding to the plaintiff-respondent Ireneo Miranda the sums of P5,000 by way of actual damages and counsel fees, and P10,000 as moral damages, with costs.

Respondent was one of the passengers on a jeepney driven by Eugenio Luga. While the vehicle was descending the Sta. Mesa bridge at an excessive rate of speed, the driver lost control thereof, causing it to swerve and to hit the bridge wall. The accident...