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Yu Biao Sontua & Co. Vs. Miguel J. Ossorio 043 Phil 511

YU BIAO SONTUA & CO., plaintiff-appellee, vs. MIGUEL J. OSSORIO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 17690 | 1922-06-14

D E C I S I O N


ROMUALDEZ, J.:

On the evening of the 13th of March, 1920, a fire broke out on board the motor boat Alfonso when this boat was in the Pasig River, city of Manila, ready to weigh anchor. A short distance from the Alfonso the steamer Y. Sontua was lying alongside moored to the wharf of said river.

The fire in the motor boat Alfonso spread to the steamer Y. Sontua, causing damages to her deck, according to plaintiff, amounting to P67,400.

The plaintiff, which is a regular partnership and the owner of the steamer Y. Sontua, brought this action to recover from the defendant, the owner and agent of said motor boat Alfonso,...