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Providence Washington Insurance Co. vs. Republic of the Philippines and Bureau of Customs

PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE CO., plaintiff-appellant, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-26386 | 1969-09-30

D E C I S I O N 
 
FERNANDO, J.: 
 
Providence Washington Insurance Co. filed, on October 21, 1966, its brief as appellant against an order of the lower court dismissing its suit for the non-delivery of thirty cases of steel files, which cargo was insured by it against loss and damage, naming as defendants the Republic of the Philippines and the Bureau of Customs as the operator of the arrastre service, thus rendering unavoidable the invocation of the well-settled doctrine of non-suability of the government. Less than two months later, on December 17, 1966, our decision in Mobil Philippines Exploration, Inc. v. Customs...