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Tong Bothers Co vs Intermediate Appellate Court eta

TONG BROTHERS CO., petitioner, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and JULIANIO AND COMPANY, respondents.

G.R. No. 73918 | 1987-12-21

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition to review on certiorari the decision and order of the then Intermediate Appellate Court, now Court of Appeals, in AC-G.R. No. 68505 which awarded a total amount of P907,220.66 as damages, including attorney's fees, in favor of the private respondent.

The petitioner is a registered general partnership engaged in the construction and repair of vessels with drydocking facilities at Recodo, Zamboanga del Sur while the private respondent is a domestic corporation engaged in the coastwise shipping industry operating for that purpose the vessel M/S Zamboanga-J.

Sometime in December,...