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Fireman's Fund Insurance Company vs. Maersk Line Far East Service, Et Al.

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAERSK LINE FAR EAST SERVICE through its agent CIA GENERAL DE TABACOS, ET AL., defendants, CUSTOMS ARRASTRE SERVICE, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-27189 | 1969-03-28

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

The plaintiff Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, as subrogee of the consignee American Asiatic Distributors, Inc., filed an action in the Court of First Instance of Manila against the alternative defendants Maersk Line Far East Service (thru its agent Cia General de Tabacos) and/or Customs Arrastre Service and/or Bureau of Customs and/or Republic of the Philippines, for the recovery of the sum of P5,755.22 representing the value of seven packages of pipe fittings which were allegedly lost while in the absolute control, custody and safekeeping of either the Maersk Line Far East Service or the Customs...