COMMON CARRIER
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,WHAT IS COMMON
CARRIER?
Common carrier is defined under the Philippine Civil Code
as persons, corporations, firms or associations engaged in the
business of carrying or transporting passengers or goods or both,
by land, water, or air, for compensation, offering their services to
the public.
Article 1732. Common carriers are persons, corporations, firms or
associations engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passenge
or goods or both, by land, water, or air, for compensation, offering their
services to the public.
, DILIGENCE REQUIRED
Article 1733. Common carriers, from the nature of their
business and for reasons of public policy, are bound to obser
extraordinary diligence in the vigilance over the goods and fo
the safety of the passengers transported by them, according
all the circumstances of each case.
as the obligation of the common carried to carry its
passengers safely as far as human care and foresight can
provide, using the utmost diligence of a very cautious
person, with due regard for all the circumstances.
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A r t i c l e s w r i t t e n b y A t t y. C e s a r L . Vi l l a n u e v a - J a n u a r y 4 , 2 0 2 2
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Te x t bo o k o f D a nn y A r a n e t a C a bu l a y a n d C hr i s t i n e Pa l a f ox C a r pi o - A l d e gu e r
,WHAT IS COMMON
CARRIER?
Common carrier is defined under the Philippine Civil Code
as persons, corporations, firms or associations engaged in the
business of carrying or transporting passengers or goods or both,
by land, water, or air, for compensation, offering their services to
the public.
Article 1732. Common carriers are persons, corporations, firms or
associations engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passenge
or goods or both, by land, water, or air, for compensation, offering their
services to the public.
, DILIGENCE REQUIRED
Article 1733. Common carriers, from the nature of their
business and for reasons of public policy, are bound to obser
extraordinary diligence in the vigilance over the goods and fo
the safety of the passengers transported by them, according
all the circumstances of each case.
as the obligation of the common carried to carry its
passengers safely as far as human care and foresight can
provide, using the utmost diligence of a very cautious
person, with due regard for all the circumstances.
