Back

de la Fuente, Alfredo, et al. Vs. Jesus de Veyra, et al.

ALFREDO DE LA FUENTE, as Collector of Customs, Port of Sual, ROLANDO GEOTINA, as Commissioner of Customs, HILARIO RUIZ, as Flag Officer In Command, Philippine Navy, and GIL FERNANDEZ, as Commandant, Philippine Coast Guard, petitioners, vs. HON. JESUS DE VEYRA, in his capacity as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch XIV, LUCKY STAR SHIPPING COMPANY, and TENG BEE ENTERPRISES CO. (HK) LTD., respondents.

G.R. No. L-35385 | 1983-01-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

On June. 16, 1972, at 6:00 o'clock in the afternoon, the crew of a Q-boat of the Philippine Coast Guard spotted a vessel, the M/V Lucky Star I, owned by the private respondent Lucky Star Shipping Co., unloading cargo to several small watercrafts alongside the vessel off the coast of Zambales approximately thirty (30) nautical miles east of Scarborough Shoal or twenty-three (23) miles east of the International Treaty Limits.

As the Q-boat was approaching the M/V Lucky Star 1, it was met by gunfire from the smaller watercrafts which immediately fled from the scene. Only the M/V Lucky Star I was...