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FACTS:

SS/Alicante, belonging to Compania Transatlantica de Barcelona was transporting two locomotive boilers for the Manila Railroad Company. The equipment of the ship for discharging the heavy cargo was not strong enough to handle the boilers. Compania Transatlantica contracted the services of Atlantic gulf and Pacific Co., which had the best equipment to lift the boilers out of the ship’s hold. When Alicante arrived in Manila, Atlantic company sent out its floating crane under the charge of one Leyden. When the first boiler was being hoisted out of the ship’s hold, the boiler could not be brought out because the sling was not properly placed and the head of the boiler was caught under the edge of the hatch. The weight on the crane was increased by a strain estimated at 15 tons with the result that the cable of the sling broke and the boiler fell to the bottom of the ship’s hold. The sling was again adjusted and the boiler was again lifted but as it was being brought up the bolt at the end of the derrick broke and the boiler fell again. The boiler was so badly damaged that it had to be shipped back to England to be rebuilt. The damages suffered by Manila Railroad amounted to P23,343.29. Manila Railroad then filed an action against the Streamship Company to recover said damages. The Steamship Company caused Atlantic Company to be brought as co-defendant arguing that Atlantic Company as an independent contractor, who had undertaken to discharge the boilers had become responsible for the damage.

The Court of First Instance decided in favor of Manila Railroad, the plaintiff, against Atlantic Company and absolved the Steamship Company. Manila Railroad appealed from the decision because the Steamship Company was not held liable also. Atlantic Company also appealed from the judgment against it.

ISSUES:

1. Was the Steamship Company liable to Manila Railroad for delivering the boiler in a damaged condition?

2. Was

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