- Title
- Gundran vs. Red Line Transportation Co., Inc.
- Case
- G.R. No. L-15747
- Decision Date
- Nov 3, 1961
- Heirs sued Red Line Transportation for damages after relatives died in a 1953 motorboat capsizing; court dismissed due to insufficient proof of negligence or causation.
Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
EN BANC
G.R. No. L-15747 November 3, 1961
VICTORIANO GUNDRAN, CECILIA DUQUE, SALVADOR ESQUILLO, FILOMENA ESGUIERRA, ROSALINDA CIPRIANO, MARIANO BANTIQUE, RUFINA BANTIQUE, JOVITA BANTIQUE, BENITO BANTIQUE, TEOFILO CALUBAQUIB, AURORA BAQUIRAN, ESMERALDA SIRIBAN, DOMINGO BALAO, GREGORIO BALAO, EULOGIO BALAO, QUINTIN BALAO, OLIMPIA BALAO, LUISA BALAO, RUFINA BALAO, SERVANDO BALAO, RODOLFO BALAO, ADRIANO FLORES, HILARIO LAURENTE, FILOMENA LAURENTE, MONICO LAURENTE and ZOILO CARONAN, plaintiffs-appellants,
vs.
THE RED LINE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC., defendant-appellee.
Singson and Singson for plaintiffs-appellants.
Manuel O. Chan for defendant-appellee.
DE LEON, J.:
This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Cagayan dismissing plaintiffs-appellants' complaint against the defendant-appellee, Red Line Transportation Co., Inc., for damages resulting from the death of their relatives who perished when a motorboat capsized in the Cagayan river sometime in February, 1953. The amounts prayed for, alleged to represent actual, mental, moral, exemplary and compensatory damages suffered by the different plaintiffs, respectively, as heirs of the deceased, are as follows:
1. Victoriano Gundran, as heir of the deceased Teodora Gundran | ....................................... | P21,580.00 |
2. Filemon Esguierra, as heir of the deceased Exequiel, Tranquilino and Lucinito Manguba | ....................................... | P70,553.00 |
3. Cecilia Duque, as heir of Mariano Espiritu | ....................................... | 26,000.00 |
4. Salvador Esquillo, as heir of Domingo Esquillo | ....................................... | 21,000.00 |
5. Rosalinda Cipriano, as heir of Luciano Pacis | ....................................... | 26,000.00 |
6. Mariano Bantique, as heir of Mariano Bantique, Jr. | 21,000.00 | |
7. Mariano, Rufina, Jovita and Benito Bantique, as heirs of Concepcion Bantique | ....................................... | 43,200.00 |
8. Teofilo Calubaquib, as heirs of Margarita Tamayao | ....................................... | 21,000.00 |
9. Aurora Baquiran, as heir of Ciriaco Siriban | ....................................... | 26,000.00 |
10. Esmeralda Siriban, as heir of Pio Balisi | ....................................... | 26,000.00 |
11. Domingo, Gregorio, Eulogio, Quintin, Luisa, Rufina, Servando and Rodolfo Balao, as heirs of Maria Balao | ....................................... | 38,196.00 |
12. Adriano Flores, as heir of his son | ....................................... | 21,000.00 |
13. Hilario, Filomena and Monico Laurente, as heirs of Bartolome and Catalina Laurente | ....................................... | 47,000.00 |
14. Zoilo Caronan, as heir of Rodolfo Caronan | ....................................... | 21,000.00 |