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Dingcong Vs Kanaan

Jose Dingcong owned a hotel where Francisco Echevarria rented a room above Kanaan brothers' store. Echevarria negligently left his faucet on, flooding his room and damaging items in the store below through dripping water. The court held Dingcong liable to pay for damages because, as owner, he did not exercise due diligence to prevent the damage by repairing defective pipes or providing a drip catcher, making him negligent.

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Dingcong Vs Kanaan

Jose Dingcong owned a hotel where Francisco Echevarria rented a room above Kanaan brothers' store. Echevarria negligently left his faucet on, flooding his room and damaging items in the store below through dripping water. The court held Dingcong liable to pay for damages because, as owner, he did not exercise due diligence to prevent the damage by repairing defective pipes or providing a drip catcher, making him negligent.

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Dingcong vs Kanaan

Facts: Jose Dingcong was the owner of a hotel in Iloilo. In 1933, a certain Francisco Echevarria rented a
room in the upper floor of the hotel. The room he rented was immediately above the store occupied by
Kanaan brothers who are also tenants of the hotel. One night, Echevarria carelessly left his faucet open
thereby flooding his room and it caused water to drip from his room to the store below. Because of this,
the articles sold by Kanaan were damaged. Also, the water pipes supposed to drain the water from
Echevarria’s room was defective hence the flooding and dripping.

Issue: Whether or not Dongcong should be held liable for the damages caused by Echevarria?

Held: YES. Dongcong as the owner of the hotel is liable for the negligent acts of the guests staying at his
hotel, in this case Echevarria. The court found that it was not shown the Dingcong, as owner, exercised
the diligence of a good father of a family in preventing the damage caused. The pipes should have been
repaired and that Echaverria should have been provided with a container to catch the drip. Therefore,
Dongcong is liable to pay for the damages by reason of his negligence.

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