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Food Terminal, Inc. vs CA, et al.

FOOD TERMINAL, INC., petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and TAO DEVELOPMENT, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 120097 | 1996-09-23

R E S O L U T I O N


FRANCISCO, J.:

Petitioner Food Terminal, Inc. (FTI) is a government owned and controlled corporation engaged in the business of providing storage services and bonded warehousing to the public for a fee. Sometime in the first quarter of 1984, petitioner FTI and herein private respondent entered into a contract of storage whereby private respondent deposited in petitioner's cold storage 22,716 bags (approximately 567,900 kilos) of yellow granex onions and 2,853 bags (approximately 71,300 kilos) of red creole onions. These onions were intended for export to Japan. During the first week of May, an ammonia leak penetrated...