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Republic vs Lorenzo Shipping

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, NATIONAL TRUCKING AND FORWARDING CORPORATION (NTFC), and COOPERATIVE FOR AMERICAN RELIEF EVERYWHERE, INC. (CARE Philippines), Petitioners, versus LORENZO SHIPPING CORPORATION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 153563 | 2005-02-07

FIRST DIVISION
DECISION
 
QUISUMBING, J.:
 
For review on certiorari are the Decision[1] dated January 16, 2002, of the Court of Appeals, in CA-G.R. CV No. 48349, and its Resolution,[2] of May 13, 2002, denying the motion for reconsideration of herein petitioner National Trucking and Forwarding Corporation (NTFC).  The impugned decision affirmed in toto the judgment[3] dated November 14, 1994 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 53, in Civil Case No. 90-52102.
 
The undisputed facts, as summarized by the appellate court, are as follows:
 
On June 5, 1987, the Republic of the Philippines, through the...