G.R. No. 249374 – Criminal Law – Book II – Crimes Against Property – Estafa; Construction Business; Practice without license – RA 4566 Ernesto Mallari is the owner of E.S. Mallari Trading and Construction Co. He entered into a construction agreement with Spouses Rodolfo and Cynthia Yumang for the construction […]
Crimes Against Property
G.R. No. 264193 – Criminal Law – Crimes Against Property – Estafa – Misrepresentation; Deceit In 2015, Renato Amurao convinced Sheila Suplido to engage his services in constructing her dream house. Amurao was introduced to Suplido by a friend and that friend kept on referring to Amurao as an engineer. […]
G.R. No. 205144 – 748 Phil. 806 – Criminal Law – Crimes Against Property – Estafa – Juridical Possession vs Material Possession – Liability of a Collector; Failure to Remit – Misappropriation In 1999, Margie Balerta, then working as a cashier of a cooperative in Balasan, Iloilo, was accused of […]
G.R. No. 210318 – 878 Phil. 122 – Criminal Law – Book II – Crimes Against Property – Theft vs Estafa – Material Possession vs Juridical Possession – Collector’s Liability Janice Reside is the principal of Treasury of the Golden Word School, Inc. (TGWSI). She was entrusted to collect and […]
G.R. No. L-45043 – 63 Phil. 369 – Criminal Law – Crimes Against Property – Qualified Theft – Grave Abuse of Confidence In January 1936, Koc Song stole various personal properties from Lue Hok. The personal properties he took consisted of some clothing, a wallet, a comb, a watch, some […]
G.R. No. 5840 – 7 Phil. 504 – Civil Law – Partnership – Co-Partner’s Liability – Misappropriation of Partnership Funds – Losses Criminal Law – Book II – Crimes Against Property – Estafa – Misappropriation Sometime before 1910, Pedro Larin formed a partnership with Pedro Tarug, Eusebio Clarin and Carlos […]
G.R. No. 132323 – 336 SCRA 319 – Criminal Law – Book 2 – Crimes Against Property – Elements of Estafa Earnst Georg Holzer was accused of Estafa. Holzer borrowed P100k from Bernhard Forster. As security, he then issued a postdated check. Holzer informed Forster not to deposit the check yet […]