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Servano, Amparo C., et al. Vs. Philippine Steam Navigation Co.

AMPARO C. SERVANDO, CLARA UY BICO, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. PHILIPPINE STEAM NAVIGATION CO., defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. L-36481-2 | 1982-10-23

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

This appeal, originally brought to the Court of Appeals, seeks to set aside the decision of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental in Civil Cases Nos. 7354 and 7428, declaring appellant Philippine Steam Navigation liable for damages for the loss of the appellees' cargoes as a result of a fire which gutted the Bureau of Customs' warehouse in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental.

The Court of Appeals certified the case to Us because only pure questions of law are raised therein.

The facts culled from the pleadings and the stipulations submitted by the parties are as follows:

On November 6, 1963,...