Transportation Law – Haystack

Caltex vs. Sulpicio Lines (GR 131166, 30 September 1999) ………… 1
First Philippine Industrial Corp. vs. CA (GR 125948, 29 December 1998) ………… 4
Arada vs. CA (GR 98243, 1 July 1992) ………… 6
Sabena Belgian World Airlines vs. CA (GR 104685, 14 March 1996) ………… 8
Philippine National Railways (PNR) vs. CA (GR L-55347, 4 October 1985) ………… 11
Eastern Shipping Lines vs. CA (GR 97412, 12 July 1994) ………… 13
Metro Port Services vs. CA (GR L-57582, 24 August 1984) ………… 15
Home Insurance Co. vs. American Steamship Agencies (GR L-25599, 4 April 1968) ………… 16
Lastimosa vs. Doliente ………… [unavailable]
National Steel vs. CA (GR 112287, 12 December 1997) ………… 18

De Villata vs. JS Stanley (GR 8154, 20 December 1915) ………… 24
US vs. Quinajon (GR 8686, 30 July 1915) ………… 31
De Guzman vs. CA (GR L-47822, 22 December 1988) ………… 35
Planters Products vs. CA (GR 101503, 15 September 1993) ………… 39
Bascos vs. CA (GR 101089, 7 April 1993) ………… 43
Mendoza vs. PAL (GR L-3678, 29 February 1952) ………… 45
Coastwise Lighterage Corp. vs. CA (GR 114167, 12 July 1995) ………… 49
Benedicto vs. IAC (GR 70876, 19 July 1990) ………… 51
Teja Marketing vs. IAC (GR L-65510, 9 March 1987) ………… 53
BA Finance vs. CA (GR 98275, 13 November 1992) ………… 55

Vargas vs. Langkay ………… [unavailable]
Nocum vs. Laguna Tayabas Bus Co. (GR L-23733, 31 October 1969) ………… 57
Tamayo vs. Aquino, et.al. (GR L-12634 & L-12720, 29 May 1959) ………… 60
Erezo vs. Jepte (GR L-9605, 30 September 1957) ………… 62
Zamboanga Transportation Co. vs. CA (GR L-25292, 29 November 1969) ………… 64
Santos vs. Sibog (GR L-26815, 26 May 1981) ………… 66
PAL vs. NLRC (GR L-62961, 2 September 1983) ………… 70
Vasquez vs. CA (GR L-42926, 13 September 1985) ………… 71
Dangwa Transportation vs. CA (GR 95582, 7 October 1991) ………… 73
Delsan Transport Lines vs. CA (GR 127897, 15 November 2001) ………… 76

Loadstar Shipping vs. CA (GR 131621, 28 September 1999) ………… 79
Metro Manila Transit Corporation vs. CA (GR 104408, 21 June 1993) ………… 81
Kapalaran Bus vs. Coronado (GR 85331, 25 August 1989) ………… 86
Trans-Asia Shipping Lines vs. CA (GR 118126, 4 March 1996) ………… 90
Belgian Overseas Chartering and Shipping vs. Philippine First Insurance Co. Inc. (GR 143133, 5 June 2002) ………… 93
Yobido vs. CA (GR 113003, 17 October 1997) ………… 96
Tan Liam Grocery. vs. De La Rama Steamship ………… [unavailable]
National Development Co. vs. CA (GR L-49407, 19 August 1988) ………… 99
Ganzon vs. CA (GR L-48757, 30 Mary 1988) ………… 102
Mirasol vs. Robert Dollar Co. (GR 29721, 27 March 1929) ………… 104

Eastern Shipping Lines vs. IAC (GR L-69044, 29 May 1987) ………… 106
Kui Pai & Co. vs. Dollar Steamship Line (GR 30019, 2 March 1929) ………… 112
Compania Maritima vs. Insurance Co. of North America (GR L-18965, 30 October 1964) ………… 114
Government vs. Inchausti (GR 6957, 14 February 1913) ………… 117
Samar Mining Co. vs. Nordeutscher Lloyd (GR L-28673, 23 October 1984) ………… 119
Macam vs. CA (GR 125524, 25 August 1999) ………… 122
Saludo vs. CA (GR 95536, 23 March 1992) ………… 125
Delgado Bros. vs. CA (GR L-15654, 29 December 1960) ………… 134
Eastern Shipping Lines vs. CA (GR 80936, 17 October 1990) ………… 136
Limpangco Sons vs. Yangco Steamship (GR 10283, 25 July 1916) ………… 139

G. Martini Ltd. vs. Macondray & Co. (GR 13972, 28 July 1919) ………… 141
Heirs of de los Santos vs. CA (GR 51165, 21 June 1990) ………… 146
International Department Store vs. Jabellana ………… [unavailable]
Compania Maritima vs. CA (GR L-31379, 29 August 1988) ………… 150
HE Heacock vs. Macondray (GR 16598, 3 October 1921) ………… 153
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance vs. Macondray (GR L-27795, 25 March 1976) ………… 155
Valenzuela Hardwood and Industrial vs. CA (GR 102316, 30 June 1997) ………… 157
Sweet Line vs. Teves (GR L-37750, 19 May 1978) ………… 161
Eastern and Australian Steamship vs. Great American Insurance (GR L-37604, 23 October 1981) ………… 164
Sea-land Service vs. IAC (GR 75118, 31 August 1987) ………… 165

Aboitiz Shipping vs. CA (GR 89757, 6 August 1990) ………… 170
Everett Steamship Corp. vs. CA (GR 122494, 8 October 1998) ………… 173
Shewaram vs. PAL (GR L-20099, 7 July 1966) ………… 177
Ong Yiu vs. CA (GR L-40597, 29 June 1979) ………… 179
British Airways vs. CA (GR 121824, 29 January 1998) ………… 182
PAL vs. CA (GR 92501, 6 March 1992) ………… 185
Robles vs. Santos ………… [unavailable]
Quisumbing vs. CA (GR 50076, 14 September 1990) ………… 187
PanAm World Airways vs. Rapadas (GR 60673, 19 May 1992) ………… 189
PAL vs. CA (GR 120262, 17 July 1997) ………… 193

Baliwag Transit vs. CA (GR 116110, 15 May 1996) ………… 196
Mecenas vs. CA (GR 88052, 14 December 1989) ………… 199
PAL vs. CA (GR L-46558, 31 July 1981) ………… 204
Pilapil vs. CA (GR 52159, 22 December 1989) ………… 208
Fortune Express vs. CA (GR 119756, 18 March 1999) ………… 211
Landingin vs. Pangasinan Transportation (GR L-28014-15, 29 May 1970) ………… 214
California Lines vs. de los Santos (GR L-13254, 30 December 1961) ………… 216
Estrada vs. Consolacion (GR L-40948, 29 June 1976) ………… 217
Lara vs. Valencia (GR L-9907, 30 June 1958) ………… 220
Bayasen vs. CA (GR L-25785, 26 February 1981) ………… 222

Cervantes vs. CA (GR 125138, 2 March 1999) ………… 223
De Gillaco vs. Manila Railroad Co. (GR L-8034, 18 November 1955) ………… 225
Maranan vs. Perez (GR L-2272, 26 June 1967) ………… 227
Lasam vs. Smith (GR 19495, 2 February 1924) ………… 230
Sweet Lines vs. CA (GR L-46340, 28 April 1983) ………… 232
Magboo vs. Bernardo (GR L-16790, 30 April 1963) ………… 234
Isaac vs. AL Ammen Transportation (GR L-9671, 23 August 1957) ………… 235
Sanez vs. Samala ………… [unavailable]
Panay Autobus vs. Pastor (GR 47933, 29 July 1942) ………… 238
Del Prado vs. Meralco (GR 29462, 7 March 1929) ………… 238

Cangco vs. Manila Railroad (GR 12191, 14 October 1918) ………… 241
De Guia vs. Manila Electric Railroad & Light Co. (GR 14335, 28 January 1920) ………… 248
Calalas vs. CA (GR 122039, 31 May 2000) ………… 251
Jesusa Vda. De Nueca vs Manila Railroad ………… [unavailable]
Light Rail Transit Authority vs. Navidad (GR 145804, 6 February 2003) ………… 253
La Mallorca vs. CA (GR L-20761, 27 July 1966) ………… 256
Aboitiz Shipping Corp. vs. CA (GR 84458, 6 November 1989) ………… 258
Bachelor Express vs. CA (GR 85691, 31 July 1990) ………… 261
Bacarro vs. Castano (HR L-34597, 5 November 1982) ………… 265
Laguna Tayabas Bus vs. Tiongson (GR L-22143, 30 April 1966) ………… 267

Sulpicio Lines vs. CA (GR 113578, 14 July 1995) ………… 269
Fisher vs. Yangco Steamship (GR 8085, 5 November 1914) ………… 272
Fisher vs. Yangco Steamship (GR 8095, 31 March 1915) ………… 280
Maritime Co. of the Philippines vs. CA (GR 47004, 8 March 1989) ………… 282
Gatchalian vs. Delim (GR 56487, 21 October 1991) ………… 284
American Home Assurance vs. CA (GR 94149, 5 May 1992) ………… 288
Eastern Shipping Lines vs. Margarine-Verkaufs-Union GmbH (GR L-31087, 27 September 1979) ………… 290
Magellan Manufacturing Marketing vs. CA (GR 95529, 22 August 1991) ………… 292
Reyma Brokerage vs. Philippine Home Assurance Corp. (GR 93464, 7 October 1991) ………… 296
Keng Hua Paper Products vs. CA (GR 116863, 12 February 1998) ………… 298

Ysmael vs. Barretto (GR 28028, 25 November 1927) ………… 301
Maersk Line vs. CA (GR 94761, 17 May 1993) ………… 304
New Zealand Insurance Co. vs. IAC (GR L-66596, 28 August 1984) ………… 307
Mariano Uy Chaco Sons & Co. vs. Admiral Line (GR 22134, 17 October 1924) ………… 308
Standard Vacuum Oil Co. vs. Luzon Stevedoring Co. (GR L-5203, 18 April 1956) ………… 310
Tan Chiong Sian vs. Inchausti (GR 6092, 8 March 1912) ………… 313
World Fire vs. Macondray ………… [unavailable]
Heacock’s Aklam vs. Aboitiz ………… [unavailable]
New Zealand Insurance vs. Chua Joy (GR L-7311, 30 September 1955) ………… 318
E. Razon vs, CA (GR L-50242, 21 May 1988) ………… 320

Pernito Arrastre Services vs. Mendoza (GR L-53492, 29 December 1986) ………… 322
Tan Pho vs. Dalamal (GR 45598, 26 April 1939) ………… 327
Baer Senior & Co. vs. La Compania Maritima (GR 1963, 30 April 1906) ………… 328
Lopez vs. Duruelo (GR 29166, 22 October 1928) ………… 330
Philippine Refining v. Jarque (GR 41506, 25 March 1935) ………… 333
McMicking vs. El Banco Espanol-Filipino (GR 5029, 1 April 1909) ………… 334
Ivancich vs. Odlin (GR 924, 1 May 1902) ………… 337
Heath vs. Steamer San Nicolas (GR L-3066, 25 February 1907) ………… 339
Manila Steamship vs. Insa Abdulhaman (GR L-9534, 29 September 1956) ………… 343
Chua Yek Hong vs. IAC (GR L-74811, 30 September 1988) ………… 345

Commissioner vs. US Lines (GR L-16850, 30 May 1962) ………… 348
Madrigal Shipping vs. Ogilve (GR L-8431, 30 October 1958) ………… 350
Garcia vs. Ruiz (GR 923, 16 January 1903) ………… 353
Yaptico vs. Anderson (GR 9366, 1 August 1916) ………… 355
Yu Con vs. Ipil (GR 10195, 29 December 1916) ………… 356
US vs. Steamship “Islas Filipinas” (GR 8746, 30 October 1914) ………… 360
Ohta Development Co. vs. Steamship Pompey (GR 24658, 31 March 1926) ………… 363
Triton Insurance vs. Jose (GR 10381 and 10714, 14 January 1916) ………… 364
USA vs. Steamship Rubi (GR 9235, 17 November 1915) ………… 365
International Harvester Co. in Russia vs. Hamburg-American Line (GR 11515, 29 July 1918) ………… 370

Compagnie Franco-Indochinoise vs. Deutsch Australische Dampschiffs Gesselschaft (GR 11169, 31 March 1917) ………… 374
Guzman vs. William X (GR L-3649, 24 October 1907) ………… 378
US vs. Bacho (GR L-4091, 25 March 1908) ………… 380
Vir-Jen Shipping and Marine Services, NLRC (GR L-58011-12, 20 July 1982) ………… 381
Wallem Phil. Shipping vs. Minister of Labor (GR L-50734-37, 20 February 1981) ………… 387
Abueg vs. San Diego (CA-773-775, 17 December 1946) ………… 390
Murillo vs. Mendoza (GR 46020, 8 December 1938) ………… 392
Macondray vs. Delgado Bros. (GR L-13118, 28 April 1960) ………… 397
Bryan vs. Eastern & Australian SS (GR 9403, 4 November 1914) ………… 398
Puromines Inc. vs. CA (GR 91228, 22 March 1993) ………… 400

Litonjua Shipping vs. National Seamen Board (GR 51910, 10 August 1989) ………… 403
Maritime Agencies & Services vs. CA (GR 77638, 12 July 1990) ………… 406
Ouano vs. CA (GR 95900, 23 July 1992) ………… 411
NFA vs. CA (GR 96453, 4 August 1999) ………… 414
Market Developers vs. IAC (GR 74978, 8 September 1989) ………… 418
Marimperio Compania Naviera vs. CA (GR L-40234, 14 December 1987) ………… 421
O’Farrel vs. Meralco (GR 31222, 29 October 1929) ………… 424
Overseas Factors Inc. vs. South Sea Shipping (GR L-12138, 27 February 1962) ………… 426
Phoenix Assurance Co. Ltd. vs. US Lines GR L-24033, 22 February 1968) ………… 431
Telengtan Bros. & Sons. Vs. CA (GR 110581, 21 September 1994) ………… 434

De la Riva vs. Lizarraga Hermanos (GR L-2464, 7 January 1907) ………… 438
Banco Agricola y Pecuario v. El Dorado Trading ………… [unavailable]
PC Ailment v. Macondray ………… [unavailable]
Litton v. PNB ………… [unavailable]
Oriental Commercial v. La Naviera Filipina ………… [unavailable]
Philippine Home Assurance vs. CA (GR 106999, 20 June 1996) ………… 439
A. Magsaysay Inc. vs. Agan (GR L-6393, 31 January 1955) ………… 441
Austria vs. CA (GR 133323, 9 March 2000) ………… 443
Smith Bell vs. CA (GR 56294, 20 May 1991) ………… 445
Manila vs. Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Co. (GR 4510, 19 December 1908) ………… 450

Marine Trading vs. Government (GR 13422, 8 November 1918) ………… 451
A. Urrutia & Co. vs. Baco River Plantation (GR 7675, 25 March 1913) ………… 452
Versoza vs. Lim (GR 20145, 15 November 1923) ………… 458
Government vs. Philippine Steamship Co. (GR 18957, 16 January 1923) ………… 461
Picart vs. Smith (GR L-12219, 15 March 1918) ………… 462
US vs. Smith Bell (GR 1876, 30 September 1905) ………… 464
Philippine Shipping Co. vs. Vergara (GR 1600, 1 June 1906) ………… 465
Chin Guan vs. Compania Maritima (GR 45070, 28 November 1938) ………… 467
Manila Railroad vs. Macondray (GR L-12475, 21 March 1918) ………… 468
Standard Oil Co. of New York vs. Lopez Castelo (GR 13695, 18 October 1921) ………… 470

Jarque vs. Smith Bell (GR 32986, 11 November 1930) ………… 473
Taxicab Operators v. The Board of Transportation [GR L-59234, 30 September 1982] ………… 475
Napocor vs. CA (GR 113103, 13 June 1997) ………… 476
GMCR vs. Bell Telecoms (GR 126496, 30 April 1997) ………… 480
Maceda vs. ERB (GR 95203-05, 18 December 1990) ………… 485
Lagman vs. Manila (GR L-23305, 30 June 1966) ………… 488
Philippine Global Communications vs. Relova (GR L-52819, 2 October 1980) ………… 491
Philippine Global vs. Relova (GR L-60548, 10 November 1986) ………… 492
PLDT vs. NTC (GR 88404, 18 October 1990) ………… 496
RCPI vs. Rodriguez (GR 83768, 28 February 1990) ………… 502

Telefast Communications vs. Castro (GR 73867, 29 February 1988) ………… 505
RCPI vs. CA (GR 79578, 13 March 1991) ………… 507
Zulueta vs. Pan American World Airways (GR L-28589, 8 January 1973); Res. ………… 509
Lopez vs. Pan American World Airways (GR L-22415, 30 March 1966) ………… 516
Pan American World Airways vs. IAC (GR L-70462, 11 August 1988) ………… 521
Luna vs. CA (GR 100374-75, 27 November 1992) ………… 524
Santos vs. Northwest Orient Airlines (GR 101538, 23 June 1992) ………… 526
Tan vs. Northwestern Airlines (GR 135802, 3 March 2000) ………… 532
American Airlines vs. CA (GR 116044-45, 9 March 2000) ………… 533
Yu Eng Cho vs. Pan American World Airways (GR 123560, 27 March 2000) ………… 535 {200-11}