1. As a rule, a common carrier is responsible for the Facts: loss, destruction or deterioration of the goods it Seller - Delta Photo Supply Company of New York assumes to carry from one place to another unless Agent of carrier - Lu do & Lu Yu Corp the same is due to any to any of the causes Buyer - I. V. Binamira mentioned in Article 1734 and that, if the goods Arrastre - Visayan Cebu Terminal Company, Inc are lost, destroyed or deteriorated, for causes Stevedoring - Cebu Stevedoring Company, Inc. other that those mentioned, the common carrier is Marine surveyors - R. J. del Pan & Company, Inc presumed to have been at fault or to have acted Delta Photo Supply Company of New York negligently, unless it proves that it has observed shipped on board the M/S FERNSIDE at New extraordinary diligence in their care and that this York, 6 cases of films and photographic supplies extraordinary liability lasts from the time the goods consigned to the order of I. V. Binamira. For this are placed in the possession of the carrier until shipment, Bill of Lading was issued. they are delivered to the consignee, or "to the The ship arrived at the port of Cebu and cargo person who has the right to receive them" was discharged including the shipment in 2. These provisions, however, only apply when the question, placing it in the possession and custody loss, destruction or deterioration takes place of the arrastre operator. while the goods are in the possession of the Petitioner hired a stevedoring company to unload carrier, and not after it has lost control of its cargo. During the discharge, good order cargo them. was separated from the bad order cargo on 3. The reason is that while the goods are in its board the ship, and a separate list of bad order possession, it is but fair that it exercise cargo was prepared by the checker of the extraordinary diligence in protecting them from stevedoring company. All the cargo unloaded damage, and if loss occurs, the law presumes that was received at the pier by the arrastre operator it was due to its fault or negligence. This is of the port. The terminal company had also its necessary to protect the interest the interest of the own checker who also recorded and noted down owner who is at its mercy. The situation changes the good cargo from the bad one. after the goods are delivered to the consignee. The shipment in question, was not included in the 4. The parties may agree to limit the liability of the report of bad order cargo of both checkers, carrier considering that the goods have still to indicating that it was discharged from the, ship in through the inspection of the customs good order and condition. authorities before they are actually turned over 3 days after the goods were unloaded from the to the consignee. This is a situation where the ship, respondent took delivery of his 6 cases of carrier losses control of the goods because of a photographic supplies from the arrastre operator. custom regulation and it is unfair that it be made He discovered that the cases showed signs of responsible for what may happen during the pilferage. interregnum. Respondent hired marine surveyors, to examine 5. In the bill of lading that was issued covering the them. The surveyors examined the cases and shipment, both the carrier and the consignee made a physical count of their contents in the have stipulated to limit the responsibility of the presence of representatives of petitioner, carrier for the loss or damage that may respondent and the stevedoring company. The because to the goods before they are actually finding of the surveyors showed that some films delivered.1 and photographic supplies were missing valued 6. The stipulations are clear. They have been at P324.63. adopted precisely to mitigate the responsibility of the carrier nothing therein that is contrary to TC: Liable to pay morals or public policy that may justify their CA: affirmed nullification. > Delivery to the customs authorities is not the delivery contemplated by Article 1736 because, in 1Stipulations: such a case, the goods are then still in the hands of 1. . . . The Carrier shall not be liable in any capacity whatsoever for the Government and their owner could not exercise any delay, nondelivery or misdelivery, or loss of or damage to dominion whatever over them until the duties are the goods occurring while the goods are not in the actual paid. custody of the Carrier. . . . 2. . . . The responsibility of the Carrier in any capacity shall Issue: WON the carrier is responsible for the loss altogether cease and the goods shall be considered to be considering that the same occurred after the shipment delivered and at their own risk and expense in every respect was discharged from the ship and placed in the when taken into the custody of customs or other authorities. possession and custody of the customs authorities? The Carrier shall not be required to give any notification of disposition of the goods. . . . Held: NOT LIABLE 3. Any provisions herein to the contrary notwithstanding, goods may be . . . by Carrier at ship's tackle . . . and delivery beyond ship's tackle shall been tirely at the option of the Carrier and solely at the expense of the shipper or consignee.