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Caunan vs. Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas

BENIGNA CAUNAN, plaintiff-appellant, vs. COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 34194 | 1932-02-20

D E C I S I O N

IMPERIAL, J:

Benigna Caunan, mother and next of kin to the deceased Gregorio Afable, brought this action under the Workmen's Compensation Act to recover a certain sum of money from the defendant, a commercial company duly organized and registered in accordance with law, by way of compensation for the death of said deceased, which took place while he was working for said company. The plaintiff appealed from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Tayabas dismissing her complaint, without costs.

The facts proven have been summed up by the trial court as follows:

"Before the incident in question occurred, the...