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Mendoza vs. Arrieta

EDGARDO E. MENDOZA, petitioner, vs. HON. ABUNDIO Z. ARRIETA, Presiding Judge of Branch VIII, Court of First Instance of Manila, FELINO TIMBOL, and RODOLFO SALAZAR, respondents.

G.R. No. L-32599 | 1979-06-29

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

Petitioner, Edgardo Mendoza, seeks a review on Certiorari of the Orders of respondent Judge in Civil Case No. 80803 dismissing his Complaint for Damages based on quasi-delict against respondents Felino Timbol and Rodolfo Salazar.

The facts which spawned the present controversy may be summarized as follows:

On October 22, 1969, at about 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon, a three-way vehicular accident occurred along Mac-Arthur Highway, Marilao, Bulacan, involving a Mercedes Benz owned and driven by petitioner; a private jeep owned and driven by respondent Rodolfo Salazar; and a gravel and sand truck...