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Maersk Line vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

MAERSK LINE, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS AND EFREN V. CASTILLO, doing business under the name and style of Ethegal Laboratories, respondents.

G.R. No. 94761 | 1993-05-17

D E C I S I O N


BIDIN, J.:

Petitioner Maersk Line is engaged in the transportation of goods by sea, doing business in the Philippines through its general agent Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas.

Private respondent Efren Castillo, on the other hand, is the proprietor of Ethegal Laboratories, a firm engaged in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products.

On November 12, 1976, private respondent ordered from Eli Lilly, Inc. of Puerto Rico through its (Eli Lilly, Inc.'s) agent in the Philippines, Elanco Products, 600,000 empty gelatin capsules for the manufacture of his pharmaceutical products. The capsules were placed in six (6) drums...