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Philippine International Trading Corporation Vs. M.V. Zileena, Et Al.

PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. M.V. ZILEENA, ZILEENA NAVIGATION CO., S.A. and MARINE MANNING AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 102904 | 1992-10-30

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

The legal query raised in the petition for review on certiorari before Us is whether the venue of the collection case was properly laid in the Regional Trial Court of Makati, bearing in mind the stipulation of the parties embodied in the agreement dated November 3, 1990 which reads:

"10. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Singapore Law and all disputes arising hereunder shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Singapore." (p. 5, Agreement, p. 69, Rollo).

When the bags of portland cement belonging to petitioner were supposedly lost or damaged while...