G.R. No. 89561 – 267 Phil. 578 – 189 SCRA 529 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Piercing the Veil of Corporate Fiction Mauricia Castillo was the administratrix in charge over a parcel of land left by Felipe Castillo. Said land was mortgaged to the Development Bank of the […]
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G.R. No. 124715 – 380 Phil. 60 – 323 SCRA 102 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Piercing the Veil of Corporate Fiction In 1994, Pastor Lim died. His wife, Rufina Lim, petitioned with the probate court for the inclusion of 5 corporations into the inventory of the estate […]
G.R. No. L-14441 – 125 Phil. 5 – 18 SCRA 924 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Parity Rights – Corporate Nationality – Nationalized Areas of Activity In 1956, San Jose Petroleum, Inc. (SJP), a mining corporation organized under the laws of Panama, was allowed by the Securities and […]
G.R. No. 126554 – 388 Phil. 220 – 332 SCRA 427 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Piercing the Veil of Corporate Fiction In 1993, ARB Construction Co., Inc. (ARB) entered into a contract with TBS Security and Investigation Agency (TBS) for the latter to provide security guards to […]
G.R. No. 141617 – 415 Phil. 153 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Piercing the Veil of Corporate Fiction – Fraud Test vs Alter Ego Test Adalia Francisco was the Treasurer of Cardale Financing and Realty Corporation (Cardale). Cardale, through Francisco, contracted with Andrea Gutierrez for the latter to […]
G.R. No. 114222 – 313 Phil. 296 – 243 SCRA 436 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Corporate Nationality – Public Utility – Nationality Requirement in Nationalized Areas of Activity In 1989, the government planned to build a railway transit line along EDSA. No bidding was made but certain […]
G.R. No. 124062 – 361 Phil. 383 – 301 SCRA 459 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Instance Where a Corporation is a Real Party in Interest Reynaldo Cometa is the president of State Investment Trust, Inc. (SITI), a lending firm. Reynaldo Guevara is the president of Honeycomb Builders, […]
G.R. No. 88404 – 268 Phil. 784 – 190 SCRA 717 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Corporate Fiction – Franchise – Right of Succession In 1958, Felix Alberto & Co., Inc (FACI) was granted by Congress a franchise to build radio stations (later construed as to include telephony). […]
G.R. No. L-2971 – 88 Phil. 494 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – “Public Officer” and “Public Employee” the same for Purposes of the Penal Code Criminal Law – Book II – Crimes Committed By Public Officers – Direct Bribery – “Public Officer” and “Public Employee” the […]
G.R. No. 87193 – 255 Phil. 934 – 174 SCRA 245 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Citizenship of a Public Officer In 1988, Juan Frivaldo won as governor of Sorsogon. Salvador Estuye, President of the League of Municipalities of Sorsogon, filed with the COMELEC a petition […]
G.R. No. L-9699 – 100 Phil. 1025 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Civil Service Eligibility – Temporary Appointment Does Not Ripen Into Permanent Appointment In 1947, Liberato Jimenez was appointed as a temporary legal investigator in the Philippine Veterans Board (PVB). In 1949, he was promoted […]
G.R. No. L-55151 – 191 Phil. 10 – 103 SCRA 380 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – No Vested Right to a Public Office – Continuing Eligibility Dominador Borje was an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Misamis Occidental Electric Cooperative, Inc. (MOELC). While […]
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 opposed […]
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 of […]
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 Aquino, […]
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 Villa […]