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Eastern Shipping Lines, Inc. Vs. Court Of Appeals

EASTERN SHIPPING LINES, INC., petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and THE FIRST NATIONWIDE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, respondents. Jimenez, Dala & Zaragoza for petitioner. Reloy Law Office for private respondent.

G.R. No. 94151 | 1991-04-30

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

The extent of the liability of the common carrier and its insurer for damage to the cargo upon its delivery to the arrastre operator is the center of this controversy.

The findings of fact of the trial court which were adopted by the appellate court and which are not disputed are as follows:

"On September 4, 1978, thirteen coils of uncoated 7-wire stress relieved wire strand for prestressed concrete were shipped on board the vessel 'Japri Venture,' owned and operated by the defendant Eastern Shipping Lines, Inc., at Kobe, Japan, for delivery to Stresstek Post-Tensioning Phils., Inc. in Manila, as...