G.R. No. 186412 – 672 Phil. 712 – 657 SCRA 270 – Criminal Law – Criminal Liability – Proximate Cause – Efficient Intervening Cause On January 22, 2002, Danilo Cruz went to a sari-sari store to buy bread. Out of nowhere, Orlito Villacorta appeared and thereafter stabbed the left […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
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G.R. No. 208566 – 721 Phil. 416 – 710 SCRA 1 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Local Government – Invalid Delegation – Congressional Pork Barrel is Unconstitutional Legislative Department – Invalid Delegation of Legislative Power This case is consolidated with G.R. No. 208493 and G.R. No. 209251. The so-called pork […]
G.R. No. 172087 – 660 Phil. 636 – 645 SCRA 338 – Taxation Law – Income Taxation – Corporate Taxpayers – PAGCOR is not exempt from income taxation Political Law – Equal Protection Clause The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) was created by P.D. No. 1067-A in 1977. […]
G.R No. 187167 – 655 SCRA 476 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Territory; The National Territory – RA 9522 is Constitutional In March 2009, Republic Act No. 9522, an act defining the archipelagic baselines of the Philippines was enacted […]
G.R. No. 203766 – 694 SCRA 477 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Legislative Department – Party-List System – Major Political Parties May Run Under the Party-List System This case partially abandoned the rulings in Ang Bagong Bayani vs COMELEC and BANAT vs COMELEC. Atong Paglaum, Inc. and 51 other […]
G.R. No. L-50264 – 203 SCRA 118 – Civil Law – Law on Property – Possession; can’t be recognized in two persons at the same time Remedial Law – Summary Proceedings – Rule 70; Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer – Ejectment – Force, Intimidation, Threat, Strategy, or Stealth In […]
G.R. No. 155339 – 571 Phil. 18 – 547 SCRA 311 – Remedial Law – Evidence – Circumstantial Evidence; when may it be used to uphold conviction In October 1992, Naty Madon-ep, a businesswoman engaged in the selling of seeds and rice in the public market of Baguio City, […]
G.R. No. 108558 – 411 Phil. 775 – Civil Law – Law on Property – Possession – Possession by Tolerance In 1923, Maria Montes donated an unregistered parcel of land, 11,927 sq. m. in size, to Isabel Elaba. In 1948, Elaba sold the said land to Esteban Abad. Esteban had […]
G.R. No. 104828 – 334 Phil. 216 – 266 SCRA 242 – Civil Law – Law on Property – Accession Natural – Owner in Good Faith; Builder in Bad Faith – Right of Pre-emption In July 1989, the spouses Renato and Elizabeth Macapagal purchased a parcel of land adjoining […]
221 Phil. 168 – 136 SCRA 475 – Civil Law – Law on Property – Accession Industrial – Builder in Good Faith; Owner in Good Faith – Forced Lease Remedial Law – Summary Proceedings – Rule 70; Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer – Res Judicata – Unlawful Detainer will […]
G.R. No. L-175 – 76 Phil. 605 – Civil Law – Law on Property – Accession Industrial – Builder in Good Faith; Owner in Good Faith Sometime during the 1940s in Pangasinan, a civil suit arose between Damian Ignacio and Elias Hilario. Hilario was the owner of a parcel […]
G.R. No. 137110 – 391 Phil. 809 – 337 SCRA 122 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Void Marriages – Need for Judicial Declaration of Nullity Before Remarriage Criminal Law – Crimes Against Civil Status of Persons – Bigamy – Elements In April 1976, Dr. Vincent […]
G.R. No. 76217 – 258 Phil. 289 – 177 SCRA 495 – Civil Law – Law on Property – Doctrine of Self-Help In February 1982, the spouses Manuel and Cynthia Jose contracted with German Management and Services, Inc. for the latter to develop their landholdings into a residential subdivision. The […]
G.R. No. 183805 – 713 Phil. 256 – 700 SCRA 443 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Marriages ; Void Marriages – A Void 2nd Marriage is not a Defense in Bigamy Criminal Law – Crimes Against Civil Status of Persons – Bigamy – Elements In […]