Practice question
A family gives a neighbor’s child an isolated free ride, without any paid transport business or public carriage undertaking. An objector cites Perena to say every vehicle with a student passenger is automatically a common carrier. Which is correct?
- Every student passenger changes ownership of the car
- Perena eliminates Article 1732’s undertaking criteria
- Any family favor is necessarily commercial carriage
- Perena’s paid school-service holding should not be extended solely from the passenger’s student status to the stipulated nonbusiness free ride.
- Every car is a common carrier at all times
Legal references
- Spouses Perena v. Spouses Zarate, G.R. No. 157917, August 29, 2012, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2012/aug2012/gr_157917_2012.html
- Civil Code, Articles 1732-1733, 1745-1754 and 1758-1763: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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