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Malayan Insurance Co., Inc. vs. Manila Port Service, Et Al.

MALAYAN INSURANCE CO., INC., plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANILA PORT SERVICE, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-22687 | 1969-03-28

D E C I S I O N 


ZALDIVAR, J.: 

An appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, in its Civil Case No. 53840, on a question of law. 

Plaintiff Malayan Insurance Co., Inc., a subrogee of several consignees of goods imported into the Philippines on different occasions between the period from March to June, 1961, brought in by different steamers, filed a complaint, on April 4,1962, in the city court of Manila, against defendants Manila Port Service and Manila Railroad Company, for the recovery of the aggregate sum of P4,154.80 plus interest. The amount demanded in the complaint represented the total payment...