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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

EN BANC

[G.R. No. 4566. February 9, 1909. ]

YUENG SHENG EXCHANGE AND TRADING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G. URRUTIA & CO., Defendants-Appellees.

Thos. D. Aitken, for Appellant.

Rosado, Sanz & Opisso, for Appellees.

SYLLABUS


1. SHIPS AND SHIPPING; CHARTERERS; LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE. — The charterer of a ship who, by the terms of the charter party, has only the right to indicate the ports or places at which the vessel shall call or enter, but who has no jurisdiction or control over the acts of the captain, is not liable for the damages caused by the negligence of the latter in handling the ship.


D E C I S I O N


ARELLANO, C.J. :


Y. B. Sontua loaded rice on the Minas de Batan, which sailed from Saigon, and arrived in the port of Manila with the said cargo of rice safe and in good condition. While the said Minas de Batan lay in the inner harbor of Manila, on July 21, 1906, the steamer Cebu approached her, carrying her port anchor hanging over the load line; the fluke of the said anchor penetrated the starboard side of the Minas de Batan, and as a result the water entered the said steamer, and wet a portion of her cargo of rice; 5,008 sacks, valued at P27,193.93, were completed ruined; for this the Yueng Sheng Exchange and Trading Company, as insurance company, paid Y. B. Sontua the sum of P15,995.85, and the Hip On Insurance Company, Limited, paid the said Sontua the sum of P11,198.08. The first-named company, by virtue of its own contract and rights, and by virtue of the contract and rights transferred by the latter, commenced the present suit against G. Urrutia & Co. for the above-named sum of P27,193.93, as damages, with legal interest and the costs of the suit, considering the said company as the charterers responsible for the steamer Cebu and consequently responsible for the acts of the officers and the crew of the same, who, on account of their recklessness and negligence, were the cause of the damages occasioned to the steamer Minas de Batan, to one of the shippers, and to the company which insured the damaged cargo.

The facts above related appear from an agreement reached by the lawyers of both parties. The two following facts also appear as accepted:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library

That G. Urrutia & Co. are not the owners of the Cebu, but they had chartered her. A copy of the contract was made an integral part of this agreement.

That the captain and engineer of the Cebu were engaged, on the date of the execution of the contract, by Smith, Bell & Co., a partnership organized in accordance with the laws in force in the Philippine Islands, and from this company G. Urrutia & Co. chartered the steamer under the above-mentioned contract. The said captain and engineer in turn hired the crew, and were in the exercise of their duties at the time of the occurrence in question.

On the date in question — that is, on July 21, 1906 — the second typhoon signal had been hoisted at the semaphore station; this signal announced a distant typhoon, and gave warning that certain precautions should be taken in case the typhoon should approach, but did not prevent the crews from continuing their ordinary tasks while the said typhoon continued at a distance. It was at this time that the Cebu approached the Minas de Batan for the purpose of taking on cargo from the latter. It is also agreed that, while the Cebu was approaching, the Buen Viaje approached the other side of the Minas de Batan, for the same purpose, causing no damage to the latter or to her cargo, in spite of the condition of the sea and of the weather.

The above-mentioned contract is of the following tenor:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph

"Messrs. Smith, Bell & Co., as agents of the Cebu on the one part, and Messrs. G. Urrutia & Co., as charterers, on the other, have agreed on this date to the following charter:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph

"First. Messrs. Smith, Bell & Co. charter the Cebu to Messrs. G. Urrutia & Co. for the sum of P2,500, plus P650 in consideration of the fact that Messrs. Smith, Bell & Co. will pay for ships’ stores required by the said steamer for her deck and engineering departments, amounting to the total sum of P3,150 monthly, payable at the end of each month in Philippine currency.

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"Third. Messrs. G. Urrutia & Co. will pay for the coal, salaries of the officers and of the crew, water, pilotage, subsistence of the crew, and any other expenses occasioned by loading and unloading. Fines that may be imposed for defects of the steamer, such as lack of life preservers, boats, machinery, etc., shall be paid by the agents of the Cebu, and all those fines resulting from orders given by charterers shall be paid by the latter.

"Fourth. Expenses for maintenance of the vessel, such as repairs, sails, calking, painting, etc., shall be paid by the agents of the ship.

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"Seventh. Both the captain and the crew of the ship shall be under the orders of the charterers, who will instruct them as to the trips to be made, the stopping places, provided these are those mentioned in the previous article, the freight to be received on board, and they shall work at night in loading and unloading, should it be required by the charterers, provided such work be not excessive, and shall perform such other duties as relate to the better administration of the ship.

"Eighth. Messrs. Urrutia & Co. shall not discharge the captain nor dismiss the engineer, but should these officers commit any punishable fault, the said Messrs. Urrutia shall inform the agents of the vessel, in order that the latter may take such steps as they may deem necessary in the case."cralaw virtua1aw library

The question was presented whether the plaintiff company has, by virtue of such facts, a right of action against the defendant company, for damages amounting to P27,193.93, caused through the fault, carelessness, or negligence of the officers of the Cebu, resulting in damage to the Minas de Batan, on account of which a portion of the cargo of rice was spoiled. The Court of First Instance of the city of Manila, considering that G. Urrutia & Co. were not the owners but mere charterers of the Cebu, decided the said question in the negative, saying "that the shipowner or the agent are responsible for the acts of the captain, although the ship be chartered or rented, when the charterers have not, as in the present case, the power to appoint the captain nor to discharge him," and therefore absolved the defendants G. Urrutia & Co., with the costs against the plaintiffs.

The latter excepted to the judgment and filed a bill of exceptions in this court, and the appeal having been heard, it appears that the appellant files the following assignment of errors:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph

"1. The court below erred in finding that the defendants were not responsible for damages caused the plaintiffs, as alleged in the complaint.

"2. The court below erred in deciding the said case in favor of the defendants."cralaw virtua1aw library

The whole ground of this assignment of errors rests on the proposition advanced by the appellant company that "the charterer of a vessel, under the conditions stipulated in the charter party in question, is the owner pro hac vice of the ship and takes upon himself the responsibilities of the owner."cralaw virtua1aw library

Granted that the cause of the damages was the fault, negligence, or incompetence of the captain or the crew of the Cebu, and that the damage was caused by the collision of the latter with the Minas de Batan, the law applicable to the case, since it occurred in inner waters of Manila Bay, is the Code of Commerce of the Philippines.

Article 826 of this code provides:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph

"If a vessel should collide with another through the fault, negligence, or lack of skill of the captain, sailing master, or any other member of the complement, the owner of the vessel at fault shall indemnify the loss and damage suffered, after an expert appraisal."cralaw virtua1aw library

If G. Urrutia & Co., by virtue of the above-mentioned contract, became the agents of the Cebu, then they must respond for the damages claimed, because the owner and the agent are civilly responsible for the acts of the captain. (Art. 586.)

But G. Urrutia & Co. could not in any way exercise the powers or rights of an agent. They could not represent the ownership of the vessel, nor could they, in their own name and in such capacity, take judicial or extrajudicial steps in all that relates to commerce (art. 595, par. 2); thus if the Cebu were attached, they would have no legal capacity to proceed to secure its release; speaking generally, not even the fines could or ought to be paid by them, unless such fines were occasioned by their orders. Article 603 authorizes the agent to discharge at will, before the vessel goes out to sea, the captain and members of the crew in w hose contracts a definite period or a definite voyage is not stipulated. And, according to article 597, the agent can choose, and make arrangements with the captain, and male contracts in the name of the owners; the latter will be responsible in the matter of repairs, details of equipment, armament, provisions, fuel, and freight of the vessel, and, in general, in all that relates to the requirements of navigation. And it may have been seen that G. Urrutia & Co. could not do the first — i. e., that which relates to the present question, either appoint the captain or discharge him at any time.

The contract executed by Smith, Bell & Co., as agents for the Cebu, and G. Urrutia & Co., as charterers of the vessel, did not put the latter in the place of the former, nor make them agents of the owner or owners of the vessel. With relation to those agents, they retained opposing rights derived from the charter party of the vessel, and at no time could they be regarded by the third parties, or by the authorities, or by the courts, as being in the place of the owners or the agents in matters relating to the responsibility pertaining to the ownership and possession of the vessel; neither had they the powers of such owners or agents with respect to the management and navigation of the ship, and still less with regard to the ownership and true possession of the vessel. In proof of this, the ultimate right of an agent, in the matter of his civil liability for indemnities in favor of third persons, arising from the conduct of the captain in. the care of freight carried by the vessel, viz: to abandon the vessel with all her equipments together with the proceeds derived from the carriage of freight on the trip, in no manner pertains to G. Urrutia & Co. by virtue of their contract with Smith, Bell & Co. (Art. 587.)

The contract simply granted G. Urrutia & Co. the lease of the Cebu for the voyages expressed in the sixth clause namely, from Manila to certain ports, "and they could not arrange for the vessel to make voyages to other ports not mentioned, without the express authority of Messrs. Smith, Bell & Co." Their possession was, therefore, the uncertain title of lease, not a possession representing the true and real possession of the owner, such as is that of the agent, who is fully subrogated to the place of the owner in regard to the dominion, possession, free administration, and navigation of the vessel.

G. Urrutia & Co. had only the use of the Cebu for the voyages stipulated in the contract, the right to transport their own cargo, and to profits accruing from carriage of extra freight belonging to other persons. The material possession or the possession in fact was held by the captain, and he held it in the name of Messrs. Smith, Bell & Co.; he was their subordinate and represented them in regard to the rights of possession and ownership and to the substance of the vessel, the preservation and management of which were entrusted to his care and vigilance without contemplation of any right in favor of other persons to whom the use and enjoyment of the ship might have been granted. Only in regard to this use and enjoyment was he placed under the orders of the lessees within the terms and limits of the contract.

The responsibility involved in the present action is that derived from the management of the vessel, which was defective on account of lack of skill, negligence, or fault, either of the captain or of the crew, for which the captain is responsible to the agent, who in his turn is responsible to the third party prejudiced or damaged. (Art. 618, Code of Commerce.)

The rule of law laid down by the lower court is the same international rule adopted by the Congress of Antwerp, and it is a logical corollary of the precise provisions of the Code of Commerce now in force.

Therefore, we affirm the judgment appealed from, with the costs of this instance against the appellant company.

Torres, Mapa, Carson and Willard, JJ., concur.




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    014 Phil 9

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    014 Phil 16

  • G.R. No. 5071 August 18, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. ALEJANDRO CAS

    014 Phil 21

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    014 Phil 27

  • G.R. No. 5220 August 18, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. MIGUEL PINDONG, ET AL.

    014 Phil 31

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    014 Phil 34

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    014 Phil 38

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    014 Phil 42

  • G.R. No. 4674 August 23, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. VICTORIANO PANALIGAN

    014 Phil 46

  • G.R. No. 3377 August 24, 1909 - BONIFACIO PIMENTEL v. EUGENIO GUTIERREZ

    014 Phil 49

  • G.R. No. 4918 August 26, 1909 - FELICIANA DARIANO v. JOSE FERNANDEZ FIDALGO

    014 Phil 62

  • G.R. No. 3989 August 28, 1909 - LI HANG SHEONG v. VENANCIO C. DIAZ

    014 Phil 68

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    014 Phil 73

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    014 Phil 77

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    014 Phil 83

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    014 Phil 86

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    014 Phil 92

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    014 Phil 95

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    014 Phil 99

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    014 Phil 102

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    014 Phil 104

  • G.R. No. 5067 September 11, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. CORNELIO MANALO

    016 Phil 654

  • G.R. No. 5618 September 14, 1909 - IN RE: H. G. SMITH

    014 Phil 112

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    014 Phil 117

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    014 Phil 126

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    014 Phil 128

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    014 Phil 142

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    014 Phil 146

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    014 Phil 151

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    014 Phil 155

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    014 Phil 158

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    014 Phil 163

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    014 Phil 173

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    014 Phil 176

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    014 Phil 186

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    014 Phil 188

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    014 Phil 190

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    014 Phil 194

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    014 Phil 198

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    014 Phil 203

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    014 Phil 208

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    014 Phil 213

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    014 Phil 217

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    014 Phil 222

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    014 Phil 227

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    014 Phil 232

  • G.R. No. 4602 October 4, 1909 - JUAN CO v. JAMES J. RAFFERTY

    014 Phil 235

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    014 Phil 240

  • G.R. No. 4663 October 9, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. PEDRO CABOLA ET AL.

    016 Phil 657

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    014 Phil 243

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    014 Phil 248

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    014 Phil 252

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    014 Phil 261

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    014 Phil 263

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    014 Phil 270

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    014 Phil 274

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    014 Phil 288

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    014 Phil 294

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    014 Phil 308

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    014 Phil 310

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    014 Phil 338

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    014 Phil 346

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    014 Phil 352

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    014 Phil 357

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    014 Phil 360

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    014 Phil 368

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    014 Phil 377

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    014 Phil 384

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    014 Phil 388

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    014 Phil 391

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    014 Phil 394

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    014 Phil 397

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    016 Phil 660

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    014 Phil 410

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    014 Phil 413

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    014 Phil 416

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    014 Phil 444

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    014 Phil 446

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    014 Phil 450

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    014 Phil 454

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    014 Phil 463

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    014 Phil 468

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    014 Phil 472

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    014 Phil 491

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    014 Phil 495

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    014 Phil 500

  • G.R. No. 4976 November 27, 1909 - A. J. EVELAND v. EASTERN MINING CO.

    014 Phil 509

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    014 Phil 517

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    016 Phil 663

  • G.R. No. 5208 December 1, 1909 - KUENZLE & STREIFF v. JOSE TAN SUNCO ET AL.

    016 Phil 670

  • G.R. No. 5044 December 1, 1909 - EDWIN CASE v. HEIRS OF TUASON Y SANTIBAÑEZ

    014 Phil 521

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    014 Phil 528

  • G.R. No. 4815 December 2, 1909 - LA YEBANA CO. v. FRANCISCO CHUA SECO & CO.

    014 Phil 535

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    014 Phil 541

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    014 Phil 551

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    014 Phil 558

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    014 Phil 562

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    014 Phil 565

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    014 Phil 569

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    014 Phil 579

  • G.R. No. 4871 December 10, 1909 - LEONCIO IMPERIAL v. ALFONSA TOLEDO

    014 Phil 584

  • G.R. No. 5313 December 10, 1909 - JUANA ESPIRITU v. A. S. CROSSFIELD, ET AL.

    014 Phil 588

  • G.R. No. 5217 December 13, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. DANIEL LOPEZ

    014 Phil 593

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    014 Phil 595

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    014 Phil 602

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    014 Phil 610

  • G.R. No. 5393 December 16, 1909 - PEDRO TIRANGBUAYA, ET AL. v. JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, ET AL.

    014 Phil 613

  • G.R. No. 5200 December 17, 1909 - VICENTE BANDOY, ET AL. v. JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE OF LA LAGUNA, ET AL.

    014 Phil 621

  • G.R. No. 5397 December 17, 1909 - FABIANA C. ARRIOLA v. CAROLINA GOMEZ DE LA SERNA

    014 Phil 627

  • G.R. No. 4667 December 18, 1909 - GEO. M. LACK, ET AL. v. PANTALEONA ALONSO Y SAN LUIS, ET AL.

    014 Phil 630

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    014 Phil 638

  • G.R. No. 5329 December 21, 1909 - SABINA CRUZ HERRERA DE LUKBAN v. JOSE McMICKING

    014 Phil 641

  • G.R. No. 5318 December 23, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. RAFAEL BUMANGLAG, ET AL.

    014 Phil 644

  • G.R. No. 5534 December 23, 1909 - HERBERT S. WALKER, ET AL. v. JOSE MCMICKING

    014 Phil 668

  • G.R. No. 4724 December 24, 1909 - GREGORIA MONTAÑANO v. SILVESTRE SUESA

    014 Phil 676

  • G.R. No. 5760 December 24, 1909 - MARTIN OCAMPO, ET AL. v. J. C. JENKINS, ET AL.

    014 Phil 681

  • G.R. No. 4280 February 1, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. JULIO BUSTOS

    013 Phil 690

  • G.R. No. 4206 February 1, 1909 - VICENTE M. SANDOVAL v. INSULAR GOVERNMENT

    012 Phil 648

  • G.R. No. 4717 February 1, 1909 - RAFAEL O. RAMOS v. TOMAS LEDESMA

    012 Phil 656

  • G.R. No. 4737 February 1, 1909 - ATANASIO PANDAQUILA v. MIGUEL GAZA, ET AL.

    012 Phil 663

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    012 Phil 672

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    012 Phil 676

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    012 Phil 687

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    012 Phil 690

  • G.R. No. 4589 February 3, 1909 - GERONIMO DE GUZMAN v. JOAQUINA ORTIZ

    012 Phil 701

  • G.R. No. 4838 February 3, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. LIM CO

    012 Phil 703

  • G.R. No. 4013 February 4, 1909 - JUSTO GUIDO, ET AL. v. AGUSTIN DE BORJA, ET AL.

    012 Phil 718

  • G.R. No. 4904 February 5, 1909 - ROSALIA MARTINEZ v. ANGEL TAN

    012 Phil 731

  • G.R. No. 4723 February 8, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. TAN TAYCO, ET AL.

    012 Phil 739

  • G.R. No. 4566 February 9, 1909 - YUENG SHENG EXCHANGE AND TRADING COMPANY v. G. URRUTIA & CO., ET AL.

    012 Phil 747

  • G.R. No. 4910 February 10, 1909 - MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION VACANI v. ENRIQUE LLOPIS

    012 Phil 754

  • G.R. No. 4415 February 13, 1909 - PAULINO DOLIENDO, ET AL. v. SANTOS DEPIÑO, ET AL.

    012 Phil 758

  • G.R. No. 4758 February 16, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. T. E. SANTOS

    013 Phil 1

  • G.R. No. 4794 February 16, 1909 - WARNER v. ROMAN AND CIRILO JAUCIAN

    013 Phil 4

  • G.R. No. 4392 February 17, 1909 - PATRICIO UBEDA v. AGAPITO ZIALCITA

    013 Phil 11

  • G.R. No. 4790 February 18, 1909 - UNITED STATES v. AGUSTIN CONCEPCION

    013 Phil 21

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    013 Phil 26

  • G.R. No. 4943 February 19, 1909 - JEREMIAH J. HARTY v. ANGEL LUNA

    013 Phil 31

  • G.R. No. 4939 February 20, 1909 - PHILIPPINE RAILWAY COMPANY v. ESTEBAN SOLON

    013 Phil 34

  • G.R. No. 5028 February 20, 1909 - JUANA VALENCIA v. CARMEN DE ROXAS

    013 Phil 45

  • G.R. No. 5085 February 20, 1909 - IN RE: JUAN TOLEDO

    013 Phil 48

  • G.R. No. 4386 February 24, 1909 - CHANG YONG TEK v. GENEROSA SANTOS

    013 Phil 52

  • G.R. No. 4868 February 24, 1909 - JUAN SISON v. FAUSTINO RAMOS

    013 Phil 54

  • G.R. No. 4878 February 27, 1909 - IN RE: JOAQUINA MIJARES DE FARIÑAS v. VICENTE LAVIN

    013 Phil 63