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Pan American World Airways, Inc. vs Espiritu, et al

PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., petitioner, vs. TOMAS M. ESPIRITU and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

- | 1976-01-20

D E C I S I O N

ESGUERRA, J:

This is a petition for certiorari to review and reverse the orders of the Court of Appeals dated June 21, 1972, and August 4, 1972, dismissing petitioner's appeal for failure of the record on appeal to show on its face that it was f iled on time.
Here are the facts of this case:

(1) On March 3, 1967, several cargoes arrived in the Manila International Airport (MIA) by plane from Hongkong for transshipment to Guam. Among the transit cargoes that arrived were two trunks consigned to a certain party in Agana, Guam. These two trunks were manifested but were not deposited inside the bodega of herein petitioner;...