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Practice question: Common Carrier vs. Private Carrier

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Did First Philippine Industrial exclude pipeline transport from common-carrier status merely because it uses no truck or ship?
  1. Yes, all pipelines are private carriers
  2. Only if a customer requests it
  3. No; the decision recognizes qualifying pipeline transportation as common carriage
  4. Yes, only wheeled vehicles qualify
  5. Yes, only passenger transport counts

Legal references

  • First Philippine Industrial Corporation v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 125948, December 29, 1998, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1998/dec1998/gr_125948_1998.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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