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Occidental Land Transportation Co., Inc., Et Al., Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

OCCIDENTAL LAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC. and EDGARDO ENERIO, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, HEIRS OF TRENCIO ALMEDILLA, ALBERTO PINGKIAN AND HEIRS OF PACIFICO CARBAJOSA, SR., respondents.

G.R. No. 96721 | 1993-03-19

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

The legal question raised in this petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals, 1 affirming in toto the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga del Norte (Branch VI Dipolog City), presided by the Hon. Daniel B. Bernaldez, 2 is whether or not the trial court can take judicial notice of the decision of another case involving a similar issue. The appellate and lower courts ruled in the affirmative.

The case began with the collision of a Ford Fiera and a Carina Express No. C-24 passenger bus in Bunawan, Calamba, Misamis Occidental on November 25, 1975 at about six o'clock...