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DSR-Senator Lines and C.F. Sharp and Company Inc. Vs. Federal Phoenix Assurance Co., Inc.

DSR-SENATOR LINES AND C.F. SHARP AND COMPANY, INC., petitioners, vs. FEDERAL PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO., INC., respondent.

G.R. No. 135377 | 2003-10-07

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari[1] assailing the Decision[2] dated June 5, 1998 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 50833 which affirmed the Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Manila City, Branch 16, in Civil Case No. 94-69699, "Federal Phoenix Assurance Company, Inc. vs. DSR-Senator Lines and C.F. Sharp & Co., Inc.," for damages arising from the loss of cargo while in transit.

Berde Plants, Inc. (Berde Plants) delivered 632 units of artificial trees to C.F. Sharp and Company, Inc. (C.F. Sharp), the General Ship Agent of DSR-Senator Lines, a foreign shipping...