G.R. No. L-5701 – 93 Phil. 376 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Limitations on The Power to Create a Public Office – President Can’t Create Courts In 1950, the University of Santo Tomas was assessed a deficiency tax on its income from tuition fees. UST […]
Daily Archives: November 25, 2012
G.R. No. 125249 – 335 Phil. 462 – 267 SCRA 806 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Election Law; Election Protest Survives the Death of a Party – Public Office is Not Transmissible to Incumbent’s Heir In 1995, Jimmy De Castro was proclaimed as the mayor […]
G.R. No. 142801-802 – 413 Phil. 281 – 360 SCRA 718 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Security of Tenure in a Public Office – No Vested Right to a Public Office – Power to Create and Destroy Public Office During the time of President Corazon […]
G.R. No. L-29661 – 138 Phil. 37 – 28 SCRA 334 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Appointment in Vacancies of Local Offices (Chief of Police) Not Ministerial In 1968, the Chief of Police of Pasay City died. Then Mayor Jovito Claudio appointed State Prosecutor Francisco […]
G.R. No. 112283 – 236 SCRA 60 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Public Office is Personal to the Incumbent Election Law – Claim for damages in an election case does not survive the death of the party claiming damages In 1992, Rosauro Radovan was declared […]