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Practice question: Common Carrier vs. Private Carrier

Essay Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

Explain why First Philippine Industrial rejects a wheels-or-vessel-only approach to common-carrier classification. Apply it to a qualifying paid pipeline service.

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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