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Ricardo Carlos vs. Maria De La Rosa

RICARDO CARLOS, petitioner, vs. MARIA DE LA ROSA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-17939 | 1962-05-30

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: 

On June 1, 1959, while Celso Aroyo was working as a laborer with a daily wage of P4.00 in the construction of a church somewhere in Sampaloc, Manila, he fell from a scaffolding nine meters high from the ground where he was found unconscious. He was hurriedly taken to the North General Hospital where he died upon arrival. His employer was Ricardo Carlos who undertook the construction under a contract entered into between him and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila. As a result, Aroyo's widow filed a claim for compensation with Labor Regional Office No. 3 situated in Manila.
 
On June...