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MCP vs. Reparations Commission

MARITIME COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. REPARATIONS COMMISSION or REPARATIONS MISSION, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-29203 | 1971-07-26

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

Decisive of the crucial issue posed by this appeal from a decision of the lower court is the applicability of the well-settled principle that a statute should be considered as entering into and forming part of a contract. Plaintiff Maritime Company of the Philippines, now appellant, would deny that it is controlling in its suit to hold defendant Reparations Commission, now appellee, liable for the freight charges as the consignee of reparations goods, notwithstanding that under Section 11 of the Reparations Act, 1 ocean freight and other expenses incident to importation shall be paid by the end-user and not...