1. MASTER AND SERVANT; WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT; INJURIES SUFFERED BY EMPLOYEE IN THE COURSE OF THE EMPLOYMENT. — The employer is not an insurer "against all accidental injuries which might happen to an employee while in the course of the employment", and as a general rule an employee is not entitled to recover from personal injuries resulting from an accident that befalls him while going to or returning from his place of employment, because such an accident does not arise out of and in the course of his employment. This does not imply that an employee can never recover for injuries suffered while on his way to or from work. That depends on the nature of his employment.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a decision of Judge Pedro Concepcion of the Court of First Instance of Manila dismissing the complaint, without a special finding as to costs.

The appellants make the following assignments of error:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph

"I. El Juzgado a quo incurrio en error al considerar que los hechos probados por los demandantes caen fuera de las disposiciones del articulo 2 de dicha Ley No. 3428 tal como ha sido enmendada por la Ley No. 3812 de la Legislatura Filipina;

"II. Erro también al sobreseer de una manera definitiva la demanda;

"III. Incurrio finalmente en error al no conceder la compensacion reclamada en la demanda a que tienen derecho los demandantes, seg