G.R. NO. 154514 – 464 SCRA 448 – Mercantile Law – Law on Insurance – Protection and Indemnity Club – Mutual Insurance Company – Certificate of Authority White Gold Marine Services, Inc. owns several shipping vessels. Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd. (based in Bermuda) is a protection and indemnity club […]
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G.R. No. L-4611 – 98 Phil. 85 – Mercantile Law – Law on Insurance – Ambiguity; To be resolved against insurer – Contract of Adhesion Qua Chee Gan owns four warehouses in Albay. He was using these warehouses to house crops like copra and hemp. All warehouses were insured by Law […]
G. R. No. 126627 – 409 SCRA 33 – Mercantile Law – Intellectual Property Law – Law on Patents – Doctrine of Equivalents – Function-Means-and-Result Test Smith Kline is a US corporation licensed to do business in the Philippines. In 1981, a patent was issued to it for its invention entitled […]
G.R. No. 94149 – 208 SCRA 343 – Mercantile Law – Law on Transportation – Civil Code vs Code of Commerce (which is to be applied in the presence of negligence in cases of lost of goods)Civil Law – Torts and Damages Mayleen Paper, Inc. contracted the services of the […]
G.R. No. L-11515 – 42 Phil. 845 – Mercantile Law – Law on Transportation – General Averages – Stranding by Reason of War The International Harvester Company in Russia (IHCR), an American Company, contracted the Hamburg-American Line (HAL) to transport 852 crates of agricultural machinery from Baltimore, Maryland (USA) to Hamburg, Germany, […]
G.R. No. L-6393 – 96 Phil. 504 – Mercantile Law – Transportation -General Averages – Stranding of a Vessel In 1949, SS San Antonio, owned by A. Magsaysay, Inc. (AMInc), embarked on its voyage to Batanes via Aparri. It was carrying various cargoes, one of which was owned by Anastacio […]
G.R. No. 147748 – 521 Phil. 549 – 487 SCRA 423 – Mercantile Law – Law on Insurance – Contract of Adhesion – Contract Binds Parties – Pre-Need Plan – when insurance may not pay Visitacion Gaw bought a transferable pre-need plan from Pacific Plans in 1982. The plan provides […]
G.R. No. 75915-16 – 214 SCRA 41 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Prescriptive Dates – Prescription of RightsMercantile Law – Law on Insurance – Insurable Interest; when not present In February 1981, the spouses Go It Bun and Choi Ping Tai insured their property with Cathay Insurance Co., Inc. […]