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Juan Ponce Enrile, Et Al. vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

HON. JUAN PONCE ENRILE, as Commissioner of Customs: JUANITO A. AGBAYANI, as Collector of Customs of the Port of Cebu; and JOSE SYBICO, as Customs Arrastre Supervisor of the Port of Cebu, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. JOSE MENDOZA, as presiding judge of Branch VI of the Court of First Instance of Cebu, and CEBU PORT TERMINAL, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-27549 | 1969-09-30

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

On October 19, 1966 the Commissioner of Customs, acting under the authority of section 1213 of the Tariff and Customs Code * and in representation of the Bureau of Customs (hereinafter referred to as the Bureau), entered into a Management Contract with the Cebu Port Terminal, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as CPTI), whereby the latter corporation was designated as sole manager of the arrastre service at the port of Cebu for a period of five (5) years unless sooner terminated in accordance with the contract. 

Time came when the Bureau, through the Cebu Collector of Customs and the Customs...