USA College of Law

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Case Name Bernardo v Legaspi
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Case No. |
G.R. No. 9308. December 23, 1914
Date
Ponente Moreland, J.
Where two automobiles, going in opposite directions, collide on turning a street corner, and it
appears from the evidence and is found by the trial court that the drivers thereof were equally
Doctrine
negligent and contributed equally to the principal occurrence as determining causes thereof,
neither can recover of the other for the damages suffered.

RELEVANT FACTS
 Plaintiff brought an action for damages arising from a collision of plaintiff's automobile and that of the
defendant.
 Defendant filed a cross-complaint against the plaintiff claiming that the collision was due to plaintiff's
negligence.
 The trial court found both drivers negligence.
ISSUE: W/N the plaintiff is negligent in handling his automobile.
RULING: The coomplaint was dismissed.

Where two automobiles, going in opposite directions collide on turning a street corner, and it appears from the
evidence and is found by the trial court that the drivers thereof were equally negligent and contributed equally to
the principal occurrence as determining causes thereof, neither can recover of the other for the damages suffered.

RULING

The judgment appealed from is affirmed, with costs against the Appellant. 

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