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Choa Tiek Seng vs. Court of Appeals, et al., 183 SCRA 223

CHOA TIEK SENG, doing business under the name and style of SENG'S COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, FILIPINO MERCHANTS' INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., BEN LINES CONTAINER, LTD. AND E. RAZON, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 84507 | 1990-03-15

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 


GANCAYCO, J.: 

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals dated February 18, 1988 in CA-G.R. CV No. 09627 which affirmed the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila which in turn dismissed the complaint. 1 

On November 4, 1976 petitioner imported some lactose crystals from Holland. 

The importation involved fifteen (15) metric tons packed in 600 6-ply paper bags with polythelene inner bags, each bag at 25 kilos net. The goods were loaded at the port at Rotterdam in sea vans on board the vessel "MS Benalder' as the mother vessel, and thereafter aboard the feeder...