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Radio Communications of the Phils. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (RCPI), petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and YABUT FREIGHT EXPRESS INC., MANUEL DAVID and DAVID OLAIVAR, respondents.

G.R. No. L-55194 | 1981-02-26

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MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

In Civil Case No. C-2247 of the Court of First Instance of Caloocan City, Branch XXXII, entitled "Yabut Freight Express, Inc., et als. vs. Radio Communications of the Philippines, Inc. (RCPI)", the freight company claimed that due to "utter, patent, and wanton carelessness, gross negligence and unpardonable fault" of the personnel of RCPI, the latter transmitted erroneously a telegram which should have read "No truck available" but instead read "Truck available". As a consequence, the freight company suffered damages, and prayed for an award of P100,000.00 as actual damages, P30,000.00 as moral...