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Phil. National Railways, et al. Vs. Intermediate Appellate Court, et al

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS and HONORIO CABARDO, petitioners, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and BALIWAG TRANSIT, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 70547 | 1993-01-22

D E C I S I O N

MELO, J p:

The imputation of culpa on the part of herein petitioners as a result of the collision between its train, bound for Manila from La Union, with a Baliwag transit bus at the railroad crossing on the road going to Hagonoy, Bulacan on August 10, 1974, is the subject of the petition at bar directed against the judgment of affirmance rendered by respondent court, through the Fourth Civil Cases Division (Sison, Bidin (P), Veloso, JJ.), vis-a-vis the decretal portion handed down by the court of origin in:

"1. Ordering the defendants, jointly and severally to pay the plaintiff the amount of P179,511.52 as actual...