G.R. No. 155344 – 420 SCRA 388 – Political Law – Municipal Corporation – Administrative Powers – Cockfighting Constitutional Law – Separation of Powers Rolando Canet was a cockpit operator in Bula, Camarines Sur while Julieta Decena was the mayor there. In 1998, Canet, by virtue of a council […]
Daily Archives: June 24, 2011
G.R. No. 138896 – 334 SCRA 127 – Political Law – Municipal Corporations – Eminent Domain – Expropriation – BP 129 Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Special Civil Actions – Jurisdiction of Expropriation Cases- BP 129 In 1997, Brgy. San Roque of Talisay, Cebu, filed for an expropriation […]
G.R. No. 107916 – 268 SCRA 586 – Political Law – Municipal Corporation – Eminent Domain – Disapproval by a Sangguiniang Panlalawigan of a Sangguniang Bayan Resolution Percival Moday is a landowner in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur. In 1989, the Sangguniang Bayan of Bunawan passed a resolution authorizing the […]
G.R. No. L-40474 – 66 SCRA 481 – Political Law – Municipal Corporations – Patrimonial Property – Discretionary Power Civil Law – Law on Property – Patrimonial Property – Alienable and Disposable Property In 1968, a terminal portion of a street in Cebu was excluded in the city’s development […]
G.R. No. 100152 – 314 SCRA 315 – Political Law – Municipal Corporations – Proprietary Functions – Police Power Acebedo Optical Company, Inc. applied for a business permit to operate in Iligan City. After hearing the sides of local optometrists, Mayor Camilo Cabili of Iligan granted the permit but […]
G.R. No. L-29910 – 27 SCRA 1060 – Political Law – Municipal Corporations – Patrimonial Property – Discretionary Power Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Damnum Absque Injuria Antonio Favis owns a parcel of land fronting Lapu-Lapu street in Baguio City. There is an 8-meter wide passage from […]
The first is concerned with the determination of the authority of the plaintiff to exercise the power of eminent domain and the propriety of its exercise in the context of the facts involved in the suit. It ends with an order, if not of dismissal of the action, “of […]