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Caltex (Philippines) Inc. vs. Enrico Palomar 18 SCRA 247

CALTEX (PHILIPPINES) INC., petitioner-appellee, vs. ENRICO PALOMAR, in his capacity as THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-19650 | 1966-09-29

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
CASTRO, J.: 
 
In the year 1960 the Caltex (Philippines) Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Caltex) conceived and laid the groundwork for a promotional scheme calculated to drum up patronage for its oil products. Denominated "Caltex Hooded Pump Contest", it calls for participants therein to estimate the actual number of liters a hooded gas pump at each Caltex station will dispense during a specified period. Employees of the Caltex (Philippines) Inc., its dealers and its advertising agency, and their immediate families excepted, participation is to be open indiscriminately to all "motor...