G.R. No. 147270 – 15 Phil. 506 – 363 SCRA 275 – Criminal Law – Book 1 – Article 70 of the Revised Penal Code – Service of Sentence – Successive Service Pete Lagran was convicted of three counts of violation of the Anti-Bouncing Checks Law. He was sentenced […]
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G.R. No. 209906 – 821 Phil. 468 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Article 2187 – Strict Liability Torts – Product Liability Tort – Exhaustion of Administrative Remedy Not Required Moral Damages – Exemplary Damages – When granted in strict liability tort cases In 1995, Ernani Meñez […]
G.R. No. 172682 – 791 Phil. 409 – 798 SCRA 459 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Article 1759 – Common Carriers – Liability of Employers; Liability of Vehicle Owners – Extraordinary Diligence – Fortuitous Event; when not available as a defense In September 1998, despite the […]
G.R. No. 160110 – 736 Phil. 460 – 726 SCRA 505 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Article 2180 – Liability of Employers – Liability of Vehicle Owners – Motor Vehicle Registration Act Mariano Mendoza was driving a Mayamy Transportation bus when he hit an elf truck. […]
G.R. No. 222166 – 873 Phil. 791 – Civil Law – Law on Property – Modes of Acquiring Ownership – Causes of Action – Reconveyance – Quieting of Title – Double Sale – Prescription In 1991, Mercedes Gatmaytan purchased a parcel of land located in Misibis, Albay from Oscar […]
An action for reconveyance is a legal remedy granted to a rightful owner of land wrongfully or erroneously registered in the name of another to compel the latter to reconvey the land to him. In reconveyance, the decree of registration is respected as incontrovertible. What is sought instead is […]
G.R. No. 252117 – 878 Phil. 628 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 114; Bail – Release of Prisoners on Humanitarian Consideration; Covid-19 Pandemic – Nelson Mandela Rules Dionisio Almonte and his co-petitioners were alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who were arrested for committing […]
G.R. No. 204106 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Retirement – Voluntary Separation from Service; Optional Retirement Olivia Leones sued the Municipality of Bacnotan, La Union, for unpaid RATA (Representation and Time Allowance). In fact, her case reached the Supreme Court and she won the case. […]
G.R. No. 234487 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Article 26 – Recognition of Foreign Divorce In 2005, Virginia Parreño, a Filipino, married Koji Mimori, a Japanese, here in the Philippines. In 2013, they divorced by agreement in Japan which was allowed under […]
G.R. No 200697 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Muslim Divorce; Talaq In 1998, Abdulgani Sumagka and Rohaina Sumagka, both Muslims, married under Muslim rites. In 2004, they married again under civil rites before the mayor of Sarangani City. In 2006, the couple […]
G.R. No. L-21512 – 124 Phil. 516 – 17 SCRA 1088 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Quasi-Delict – Persons Liable One morning in June 1955, Aser Lagunda was driving a truck going up an uphill road in Lumban, Laguna. His truck was not carrying any cargo […]
**Image above is from Rappler Below is the full list of the successful examinees for the 2020/2021 Philippine Bar Examinations: 1. ABABA, Jayson R. 2. ABAD, Elmer II H. 3. ABAD, Joshua Quintin I. 4. ABAD, Neldren J. 5. ABALAYAN, Sharmie Ann P. 6. ABALOS, Claudine Joy F. 7. […]