Practice question
In applying the common-carrier definition, is transport necessarily excluded because the goods travel through pipes rather than moving vehicles?
- Always
- Only when goods are liquid
- Only during the rainy season
- Only if no conductor collects fares
- No; the legal criteria include qualifying land transportation by pipeline
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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