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Standard Oil Co. Of New York Vs. Manuel Lopez Castelo 042 Phil 256

STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL LOPEZ CASTELO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 13695 | 1921-10-18

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J .:

By contract of charter dated February 8, 1915, Manuel Lopez Castelo, as owner, let the small interisland steamer Batangueño for the term of one year to Jose Lim Chumbuque for use in the conveying of cargo between certain ports of the Philippine Islands In this contract it was stipulated that the officers and crew of the Batangueño should be supplied by the owner, and that the charterer should have no other control over the captain, pilot, and engineers than to specify the voyages that they should make and to require the owner to discipline or relieve them as soon as possible in case they should...