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Luzon Stevedoring Co. Vs. Public Service Commission, Et Al. 093 Phil 735

LUZON STEVEDORING CO., INC., and VISAYAN STEVEDORE TRANSPORTATION CO., petitioners, vs. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION and THE PHILIPPINE SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-5458 | 1953-09-16

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

Petitioners apply for review of a decision of the Public Service Commission restraining them "from further operating their watercraft to transport goods for hire or compensation between points in the Philippines until the rates they propose to charge are approved by this Commission."

The facts are summarized by the Commission as follows:

". . . respondents are corporations duly organized and existing under the laws of the Philippines, mainly engaged in the stevedoring or lighterage and harbor towage business. At the same time, they are engaged in interisland service which consists of hauling cargoes such as...