G.R. No. 155804 – 572 Phil. 183 – 548 SCRA 401 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Reconstitution of Title – Cancellation if there is fraud Victorino Viloria claimed that he is the owner of a parcel of land in Iba, Zambales covered by TCT 16156; that […]
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G.R. No. 168742 – 586 Phil. 60 – 549 SCRA – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Reconstitution of Title Not Formally Issued – Publication In 1970, the Director of Lands in Camarines Sur filed a cadastral case. Norma Royales was a claimant and notice was published in […]
G.R. No. 162097 – 568 Phil. 746 – 545 SCRA 186 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Reconstitution of Title – Original Certificate of Title Lourdes Pascua petitioned for the reconstitution of the original title of a parcel of land (Lot 3209) located in Pagsanjan, Laguna. She […]
G.R. No. 130389 – 568 Phil. 171 – 544 SCRA 185 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Reconstitution of Land Title – Annotation by the Registry of Deeds The Pacific Mills Corporation owned 5 parcels of land in Quezon City covered by four certificates of title. Pacific […]
G.R. No. 155703 – 586 Phil. 291 – 564 SCRA 331 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Documents Needed for Reconstitution of Land Title Dominador Santua was claiming that he is the owner of a parcel of land in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro. He could not, however, produce […]
G.R. No. 155207 – 497 Phil. 227 – 457 SCRA 700 – Labor Law – Jurisdiction and Reliefs – Bond Requirement When Employer Appeals in a Labor Case Wilhelmina Orozco was hired as a writer by the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) in 1990. She was the columnist of “Feminist Reflections” under the […]
G.R. No. 42228 – 61 Phil. 467 – Civil Law – Law on Property – Primacy of a Torrens Title – Compensation In 1894, the Roman Catholic Church of Manila acquired ownership over the Dinalupihan Rice Estate. In 1914, a decree of registration was handed over by the court in […]
G.R. No. 146989 – 543 Phil. 710 – 515 SCRA 29 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Illegal Dismissal – Separation Pay – Appeal by Employer – Death of a Party – Strained Relations Principle – Employer-employee Relationship Nelson Bilon, Angel Brazil and Ernesto Pagaygay were jeepney drivers of jeepneys […]
G.R. No. 164652 – 551 Phil. 725 – 524 SCRA 290 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Fixed-Term Employee vs Regular Employee Thelma Dumpit-Murillo was hired by ABC as a newscaster in 1995. Her contract with the TV station was repeatedly renewed until 1999. She then wrote Jose Javier […]
G.R. No. 167648 – 566 Phil. 564 – 542 SCRA 578 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Regular Employee – Employer-employee relationship – Four Fold Test Servaña started out as a security for the Agro-Commercial Security Agency (ACSA) since 1987. The agency had a contract with TV network RPN […]
G.R. No. 162813 – 544 Phil. 420 – 515 SCRA 491 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Abandonment – Service Incentive Leave – Field Personnel In March 1996, Lebatique was hired as a driver by FAR EAST AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY, INC. with a daily wage of P223.50. His job as […]
G.R. No. 156367 – 497 Phil. 863 – 458 SCRA 578 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Service Incentive Leave Pay – Curious Animal Doctrine Antonio Bautista was employed by Auto Bus Transport Systems, Inc. in May 1995. He was assigned to the Isabela-Manila route and he was paid […]
G.R. No. 159577 – 522 Phil. 640 – 489 SCRA 94 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Overtime Pay and Premium Pay of Managerial Employees In June 1999, Peñaranda was hired by Baganga Plywood Corporation (owned by Hudson Chua) to take charge of the operations and maintenance of its […]
G.R. No. 161933 – 575 Phil. 306 – 552 SCRA 284 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Confidential Employees – Exclusion as Appropriate Bargaining Unit The 1998-2000 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Standard Chartered Bank employees Union and the Standard Chartered Bank expired so the parties tried to renew […]
G.R. No. 155594 – 482 Phil. 485 – 439 SCRA 273 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Elements of a Contract of Sale – Determining the Intention of Parties in a Contract [of Sale] Blas and Hutalla were living in California in 1988 when they agreed to execute a […]
G.R. No. 154554 – 511 Phil. 41 – 474 SCRA 427 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Breach of Warranties – Contract of Sale Goodyear Philippines was the owner of an Isuzu car which was hijacked in 1986. Goodyear reported it to the police. PNP issued an alert […]