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St. Paul Fire & MIC vs. USLC, et al.

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, plaintiff-appellant, vs. UNITED STATES LINES COMPANY, AMERICAN PIONEER LINE, MANILA PORT SERVICE and/or MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-24861 | 1971-10-29

D E C I S I O N


MAKALINTAL, J:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Manila, dated February 20, 1965, in its Civil Case No. 46766 dismissing the complaint for failure of the plaintiff's authorized representative or its counsel to appear at the scheduled pre-trial conference.

On April 14, 1961 the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, as subrogee of Winthrop Products, Inc., of New York, filed a complaint in the court a quo praying "for judgment against defendants American Pioneer Line and/or its agent United States Lines Company, jointly and solidarily, or, in the alternative, against defendants Manila...