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Federation Of United Namarco Distributors, Inc., Et Al. vs. National Marketing Corp.114 Phil. 802

FEDERATION OF UNITED NAMARCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC., JUSTO MANALO, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellees, vs. NATIONAL MARKETING CORPORATION, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-17819 | 1962-03-31

D E C I S I O N 


BARRERA, J.: 

Sometime in 1959, the prices of commodities had gone up to such an extent that the President, in consultation with some officials, sought means to force down such prices. One solution was for the National Marketing Corporation (NAMARCO) to procure, buy, and distribute such commodities as were in short supply, with a special non-recurring dollar allocation from the Central Bank. But, unfortunately at the time, the activities of the NAMARCO were paralyzed by the picketing of its workers, who were on strike, of the movement of NAMARCO goods. The goods discharged on the Manila piers as well as those in...