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Filipinas Port Services Inc., et al. vs. Victoriano S. Go, et al.

FILIPINAS PORT SERVICES, INC., represented by stockholders, ELIODORO C. CRUZ and MINDANAO TERMINAL AND BROKERAGE SERVICES, INC., Petitioners, versus VICTORIANO S. GO, ARSENIO LOPEZ CHUA, EDGAR C. TRINIDAD, HERMENEGILDO M. TRINIDAD, JESUS SYBICO, MARY JEAN D. CO, HENRY CHUA, JOSELITO S. JAYME, ERNESTO S. JAYME, and ELIEZER B. DE JESUS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 161886 | 2007-03-16

D E C I S I O N
 


GARCIA, J.:

Assailed and sought to be set aside in this petition for review on certiorari is the Decision[1] dated 19 January 2004 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 73827, reversing an earlier decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Davao City and accordingly dismissing the derivative suit instituted by petitioner Eliodoro C. Cruz for and in behalf of the stockholders of co-petitioner Filipinas Port Services, Inc. (Filport, hereafter).

The case is actually an intra-corporate dispute involving Filport, a domestic corporation engaged in stevedoring services with principal office in Davao City. It was...