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PLDT vs. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CO., petitioner, vs. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION and LORETO T. CASTILLO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-29022 | 1977-05-26

CASTRO, C.J.:

This is a review of the decision, dated December 8, 1967, in Case No. 75639-C of the Public Service Commission ruling that the herein petitioner Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (hereinafter referred to as petitioner) may not charge its "joint user rate" against the herein private respondent Loreto T. Castillo (hereinafter referred to as respondent).

The respondent, a lawyer, practices his profession under the firm name "Castillo Law Offices" which, under that name, is listed as a subscriber of business telephone no. 3-35-31 in the books of the petitioner PLDT, paying P24.00 a month, the rate authorized in the...