Republic vs Pldt

G.R. No. L-18841 L-18841 January 27, 27, 1969 1969 REPUBLIC OF TE PILIPPINE! vs. PILIPPINE LONG "I!T#NCE TELEPONE CO$P#N% 

FACTS: The Bureau of Telecommunications set up its own Government Telephone System by utilizing its own appropriation an e!uipment an by renting trun" lines of the #$%T tenable government o&ces to call private parties. Their subscription agreement prohibits the public use of the service furnishe the telephone subscriber for his private use.  The Bureau Bureau has e'tene e'tene its services to the general public since ()*+, using the same trun" lines owne by, an rente from, the #$%T, an prescribing its -the Bureaus/ own scheule of rates. 0n 1 April ()2+, the efenant #hilippine $ong %istance Telephone Company, complaine to the Bureau of Telecommunications that sai bureau was violating the conitions uner which their #rivate Branch 3'change -#B4/ is inter5connecte with the #$%Ts facilities, referring to the rente trun" lines, for the Bureau ha use the trun" lines not only for the use of government o&ces but even to serve private persons or the general public, in competition with the business of the #$%T. Soon after, it isconnecte the trun" lines being rente by the Bureau. 6epublic commence suit against the efenant, in the Court of First 7nstance of 8anila, praying in its complaint for 9ugment commaning the #$%T to e'ecute e'ecute a contract with plainti, through the Bureau, for the use of the facilities of efenants telephone system throughout the #hilippines uner such terms an conitions as the court might consier reasonable, an for a writ of preliminary in9unction against the efenant company to restrain the severance of the e'isting telephone connections an;or restore those severe. 7SS