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Samar Mining Co., Inc. Vs. Nordeutscher Lloyd, et al.

SAMAR MINING COMPANY, INC., plaintiff-appellee, vs. NORDEUTSCHER LLOYD and C.F. SHARP & COMPANY, INC., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-28673 | 1984-10-23

D E C I S I O N


CUEVAS, J.:

This is an appeal taken directly to Us on certiorari from the decision of the defunct Court of First Instance of Manila, finding defendants carrier and agent, liable for the value of goods never delivered to plaintiff consignee. The issue raised is a pure question of law, which is, the liability of the defendants, now appellants, under the bill of lading covering the subject shipment.

The case arose from an importation made by plaintiff, now appellee, SAMAR MINING COMPANY, INC., of one (1) crate Optima welded wedge wire sieves through the M/S SCHWABENSTEIN, a vessel owned by defendant-appellant NORDEUTSCHER...