G.R. No. L-2888 – 6 Phil. 498 – Civil Law – Partnership – Limited Partnership – Firm Name Hung Man Yoc sued Kieng Chiong Seng, a partnership, for collection of sum of money. The said partnership was composed of four partners: Kiong Tiao Eng, Chua Che Co, Yu Yec […]
Monthly Archives: September 2012
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A.M. No. 258 – 119 Phil. 6 – 9 SCRA 695 – Legal Ethics – Representing Conflicting Interests Rufina Bautista approached Atty. Benjamin Barrios to help her and two other parties to draft a Deed of Partition involving the intestate property of one other sibling who died in 1952. […]
G.R. No. L-34091 – 195 Phil. 719 – 49 SCRA 221 – Legal Ethics – Appointment of Counsel de Oficio Judicial Ethics – Impartiality – Judicial Impropriety George Daeng and three other were prisoners in the New Bilibid Prison. They were accused of killing another inmate hence they were […]
G.R. No. L-29015 – 159-A Phil. 111 – 63 SCRA 493 – Legal Ethics – Duty of Counsel to Be Adequately Prepared Geremias Pajarito, Samuel Pajarito, Felipe Malunsing, Alfredo Rivera, and Manuel Villegas were accused of murder. After the preliminary investigation, the murder charges against the Pajaritos were dropped. […]
G.R. No. 164893 – 546 Phil. 22 – 517 SCRA 191 – Labor Law – Post-Employment – Constructive Dismissal – Demotion In August 1996, an administrative complaint was filed against Constancia Duldulao, a secretary/typist of the College of Law of the Baguio Colleges Foundation (now University of the Cordilleras). […]
43 Phil. 376 – Legal Ethics – Contemptuous Language In 1921, Atty. Feliciano Gomez lost an election protest case for the governorship of Laguna filed by Juan Cailles which reached the Supreme Court. Thereafter, Gomez remarked in a newspaper that the Supreme Court sided with Cailles as a favor […]
G.R. No. 37386 – 58 Phil. 422 – Legal Ethics – Attorney’s Fees – Legal Profession is not a mere money-making trade In 1921, Bualan, a member of the Bagobo tribe, contracted the services of attorneys Juan Sarenas and Domingo Braganza in a case involving a parcel of land. […]
G.R. No. 194128 – 678 Phil. 180 – 661 SCRA 787 – Civil Law – -Agency – Existence of Agency – Lack of Authorization In 1999, Amos Francia was convinced by the bank manager of Westmont Bank to make an investment in Westmont Investment. Since the interest rate offered […]
G.R. No. 188288 – 679 Phil. 61 – 663 SCRA 57 – Civil Law – Agency – Elements of Agency – Estoppel In 1997, while the spouses Viloria were in the United States, they approached Holiday Travel, a travel agency working for Continental Airlines, to purchase tickets from Newark […]
READ CASE DIGEST HERE. Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURTManila EN BANC G.R. No. 118597 July 14, 1995 JOKER P. ARROYO, petitioner, vs.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL (HRET) and AUGUSTO L. SYJUCO, JR., respondents. D E C I S I O N FRANCISCO, J.: Congressional candidate private respondent Augusto L. Syjuco, Jr., filed an […]
G.R. Nos. 89095 & 89555 – 179 SCRA 146 -Legal Ethics – Duty Against Forum Shopping Crisostomo is a minority stockholder of the United Doctors Medical Center. He is also the director and legal counsel of UDMC. The said hospital was unable to pay its P55 million debt incurred […]
G.R. No. L-22304 – 24 SCRA 402 – 133 Phil. 390 – Legal Ethics – Duty to Assist in the Administration of Justice – Filing of Frivolous Appeals May Render Lawyer Liable In 1958, Rufino Abuyen won a labor case against Samar Mining Company. Abuyen was awarded compensation plus hospitalization […]
READ CASE DIGEST HERE. Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC G.R. No. L-12845 February 25, 1960 ZAMBALES CHROMITE MINING CO., plaintiff-appellant, vs. JOSE ROBLES, ET AL., defendants-appellees. Jose P. Bengzon, Guido Advincula and Potenciano Villegas, Jr. for appellant. Hermenegildo Atienza for appellees. D […]
G.R. No. 114791 – 272 SCRA 752 – 339 Phil. 136 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Article 73 – Exercise of Profession of Either Spouse In 1981, Hermogenes Ong and Jane Ong contracted with Nancy Go for the latter to film their […]
A.C. No. 288-J – 156 Phil. 402 – 57 SCRA 403 – Legal Ethics – Lawyer owes fidelity to the courts Judicial Ethics – Errors in Judgments – Judges Not Liable If Malice/Gross Ignorance is Absent Atty. Gaudencio Urbina and Atty. Vedasto Gesmundo lost a case filed in the […]
READ CASE DIGEST HERE. Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC A.C. No. 180 June 30, 1956 LUIS N. DE LEON, complainant, vs. JOSE Y. TORRES, respondent. D E C I S I O N LABRADOR, J.: The respondent in the above-entitled administrative case is charged […]