G.R. No. L-9152 – 100 Phil. 586 – Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Filing of Complaints – Dismissal Without Prejudice Josefina Mortel was induced by Anacleto Aspiras to marry him in Manila. Mortel agreed and so she went to Manila. Anacleto accompanied her to the city hall where […]
Daily Archives: August 14, 2012
A.M. No. 3249 – 179 SCRA 680 – Legal Ethics – Moral Delinquency In 1985, Atty. Laurence Cordova, while being married to Salvacion Delizo and with two children, left his wife and children to cohabit with another married woman. In 1986, Salvacion and Cordova had a reconciliation where […]
A.M. No. 145 – 100 Phil. 610 – Legal Ethics – Lawyer may be disbarred even if transgression is not one enumerated by law In 1952, Atty. Anacleto Aspiras introduced himself as a single man to Josefina Mortel. Josefina believed it and she let Anacleto court her. Anacleto, […]
A.M. No. 1608 – 106 SCRA 591 – Legal Ethics – Gross Immoral Conduct – Breach of promise to marry In 1970, when Segundino Maniwang was still a law student, he had a relationship with Magdalena Arciga, then a medical technology student. They started having a sexual relationship in 1971. […]