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Yiu vs. Court of Appeals

AUGUSTO B. ONG YIU, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and PHILIPPINE AIR LINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-40597 | 1979-06-29

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

In this Petition for Review by Certiorari, petitioner, a practicing lawyer and businessman, seeks a reversal of the Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA.-G.R. No. 45005-R, which reduced his claim for damages for breach of contract of transportation.
The facts are as follows:

On August 26, 1967, petitioner was a fare paying passenger of respondent Philippine Air Lines, Inc. (PAL), on board Flight No. 463-R, from Mactan, Cebu, bound for Butuan City. He was scheduled to attend the trial of Civil Case No. 1005 and Spec. Procs. No. 1125 in the Court of First Instance, Branch II, thereat, set for hearing...