contracting parties are properly cognizable indicia of their true intention (Bacordo vs. Aleantara, 14 SCRA 730) The term “accident and "accidental as used in insurance contracts, have not acquired any technical meaning and they are construed by the courts in their ordinary and common acceptation (De la Cruz vs. Capitol Insurance & Surety Co., Ine., 17 SCRA 559) To ascertain the meaning of the provisions of a contract, its entirety must be taken into account and not merely its last two sentences (Rutz vs. Sheriff of Manila, 34 SCRA 83) ‘The interpretation of contracts involves a question of law since the contract is in the nature of the law between the parties and their successors-in-interest (IMelliza vs. City of Iloilo, 23 SCRA 477) LEGAL RESEARCH SERVICE See SCRA Quick Index-Digest, volume 1, page 453 on Contracts See also SCRA Quick Index-Digest, volume 2, page 1643 on Obligations. Caguioa, EP, Comments and Cases on Civil Law, volume 4, 48 SUPREME COURT REPORTS ANNOTATED People vs. Llamera 1968 Edition Jurado, D.P, Comments and Jurisprudence on Obligations and Contracts, 1969 Edition. Padilla, A., Obligations and Contracts, volume 4, Civil Code, 1967 Edition Tolentino, AM., Obligations and Contracts, volume 4, Civil Code, 1972 Edition. -<0o. - Nos. L-21604-5-6. May 25, 1973. THE PEOPLE OP THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TOMAS LLAMERA, GERARDO LLAMERA, COLETO LLAME- RA and RUBENCIO LLORCA, defendants-appellants.