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Interpacific Transit, Inc. Vs. Rufo Aviles, Et Al.

INTERPACIFIC TRANSIT, INC., petitioner, vs. RUFO AVILES and JOSEPHINE AVILES, respondents.

G.R. No. 86062 | 1990-06-06

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

This case hinges on the proper interpretation and application of the rules on the admissibility of documentary evidence and the viability of a civil action for damages arising from the same acts imputed to the defendant in a criminal action where he has been acquitted.

In the information filed against Rufo and Josephine Aviles, the private respondents herein, it was alleged that being then sub-agents of Interpacific Transit, Inc. and as such enjoying its trust and confidence, they collected from its various clients payments for airway bills in the amount of P204,030.66 which, instead of remitting it to their...