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