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Tugade vs. Court of Appeals

INOCENCIO TUGADE, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47772 | 1978-08-31

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

There is nothing impressive about this petition seeking to justify a review of a decision of respondent Court of Appeals on the ground that instead of relying on what counsel considers applicable rulings of respondent Court. the judgment was based on a case decided by this Tribunal. Moreover, counsel for petitioner ignored earlier doctrines of this Court consistently holding that a mishap caused by defective brakes could not be considered as fortuitous in character and thus called for an acquittal of the driver if subsequently haled to court. This Court, nonetheless, was persuaded to give due course to the...