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People's Car, Inc. vs. Command Security Service Agency

PEOPLE'S CAR, INC., plaintiff-appellant, vs. COMMANDO SECURITY SERVICE AGENCY, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-36840 | 1973-05-22

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

In this appeal from the adverse judgment of the Davao court of first instance limiting plaintiff-appellant's recovery under its complaint to the sum of P1,000.00 instead of the actual damages of P8,489.10 claimed and suffered by it as a direct result of the wrongful acts of defendant security agency's guard assigned at plaintiff's premises in pursuance of their "Guard Service Contract", the Court finds merit in the appeal and accordingly reverses the trial court's judgment.
The appeal was certified to this Court by a special division of the Court of Appeals on a four-to-one vote as per its resolution of...