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Mobil Philippines Exploration, Inc. vs. Customs Arrastre Service

MOBIL PHILIPPINES EXPLORATION, INC., plaintiff-appellant, vs. CUSTOMS ARRASTRE SERVICE and BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-23139 | 1966-12-17

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
BENGZON, J.P., J.: 
 
Four cases of rotary drill parts were shipped from abroad on S.S. "Leoville" sometime in November of 1962, consigned to Mobil Philippines Exploration, Inc., Manila. The shipment arrived at the Port of Manila on April 10, 1963, and was discharged to the custody of the Customs Arrastre Service, the unit of the Bureau of Customs then handling arrastre operations therein. The Customs Arrastre Service later delivered to the broker of the consignee three cases on]y of the shipment. 
 
On April 4, 1964 Mobil Philippines Exploration, Inc., filed suit in the Court of...