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Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Vs. United States Lines Co., et al.

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, plaintiff-appellant, vs. UNITED STATES LINES COMPANY and/or PINEDA LIGHTER TRANSPORTATION CO., INC., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-27819 | 1982-09-30

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

In May 1964, Silco Refrigeration Corp., in New York shipped to the United States Embassy in the Philippines for the United States Employees Association on board the SS "Pioneer Minx" operated by defendant United States Lines Company, a box containing two (2) pieces of compressors. The cargo had an invoice value of $680.00, CIF Manila, and was insured against loss of damage with the plaintiff for $680.00 in the name of the shipper, loss payable to the importer.

The SS "Pioneer Minx" arrived in Manila on June 24, 1964. The piers were then congested and so United States Lines Company secured authority from the...