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Republic vs PLDT 26 SCRA 620

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-18841 | 1969-01-27

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
REYES, J.B.L., J.: 
 
Direct appeals, upon a joint record on appeal, by both the plaintiff and the defendant from the dismissal, after hearing, by the Court of First Instance of Manila, in its Civil Case No. 35805, of their respective complaint and counterclaims, but making permanent a preliminary mandatory injunction therefore issued against the defendant on the inter-connection of telephone facilities owned and operated by said parties. 
 
The plaintiff, Republic of the Philippines, is a political entity exercising governmental powers through its branches and instrumentalities, one of...