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Jose Fernandez Vs. Thompson & Co., Et Al. 038 Phil 683

JOSE FERNANDEZ, O. N. HOLMSEN, and M. A. MACLEOD, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THOMPSON & CO., W. F STEVENSON & CO., KER & CO., Captain GUY, Captain SWAN, JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE and HENRY JONES, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 13229 | 1918-09-26

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J .:

On September 13, 1914, the British steamer Bengloe, owned by W. Thompson & Co., while en route from Manila to European ports, stranded on the Mayone shoal in the Sulu Sea some twenty-five miles from Brook's Point on the Island of Palawan. On the same day, the first and third officers of the vessel, with four seamen, were sent in search of assistance. No word having been received from these men, on September 22, 1914, another party, consisting of the second officer and some members of the crew, was dispatched on a similar mission. On October 1, the captain and the remainder of the crew left the vessel and...