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Lopez vs. Commissioner of Customs, et al.

JOSE G. LOPEZ, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, REPARATIONS COMMISSION, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND/OR ANY OF THEIR AUTHORIZED AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-28235 | 1971-01-30

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, J:

Appeal, taken by petitioner Jose G. Lopez, from an order of the Court of First Instance of Manila, dismissing Civil Case No. 67513 thereof.

Sometime in 1964, a conditional contract of purchase and sale was entered into between the Reparations Commission and petitioner Lopez, whereby the former awarded the M/V JOLO LEMA to Lopez in consideration of the total sum of $174,900, payable on installments, as provided in Republic Act No. 1789, and subject to the condition that the title to and ownership of the vessel shall remain with the Commission until full payment of the stipulated price. After registering...