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Antonio Soriao vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

ANTONIO SORIAO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 56481 | 1989-07-21

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 46 of the Rules of Court of the decision of the Court of Appeals dated January 30, 1981 which affirmed the decision of the Court of First Instance of Aurora Subprovince, Baler, Quezon (now the Regional Trial Court, Branch 66, at Baler, Aurora).

The antecedent facts as summarized in the People's brief are as follows:

"On January 9, 1978, at about 9:00 o'clock in the evening, M/B Sweet Lord departed from the log pond of Dibet, Casiguran, Quezon (pp. 4-5, tsn., June 27, 1978). The boat was around 44 feet in length, 5 feet in height and five feet in...