G.R. No. L-24163 – 137 Phil. 745 – 27 SCRA 1090 – Legal Ethics – Attorney’s Fees; Right Thereto – Contingent Fees In 1964, Luis and Pablo Magtibay engaged the services of Atty. Regino Aro in a partition case. The Magtibays have no money to pay Atty. Aro and so a […]
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G.R. No. 132365 – 354 Phil. 262 – 292 SCRA 264 – Legal Ethics – Duty of Lawyers To Properly Quote The Supreme Court Judicial Ethics – Duty of the Judge to be Studious of the Principles of Law In 1996, the Commission on Elections filed criminal cases against certain individuals […]
G.R. No. 75305 – 258 Phil. 575 – 177 SCRA 778 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Wages – Primacy of Workers Lien; When Not Applicable In March 1985, Michael Peñalosa et al won a labor case against the Riverside Mills Corporation (RMC). They were awarded damages and other benefits […]
G.R. No. 155207 – 584 Phil. 35 – 562 SCRA 36 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Employer-employee Relationship in a Publication – Four Fold Test – Control Test In March 1990, Wilhelmina Orozco was hired as a writer by the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI). She was the columnist […]
G.R. No. 133250 – 451 Phil. 1 – 403 SCRA 1 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Inhibition; Supreme Court Justice In July 2002, Amari Coastal Bay Development Corporation lost a case (PEA-Amari Scandal) before the Supreme Court involving certain reclaimed lands. Upon receipt of the adverse decision, Amari filed […]
G.R. No. 102833 – 323 Phil. 452 – 253 SCRA 382 – Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Jurisdiction; Lack thereof – when may it be raised – Jurisdiction over the Subject Matter vs Jurisdiction over the Person of the Defendant In July 1977, Jesus Wee Eng filed an action to recover real […]
Note: This case is consolidated with G.R. No. L-24796 DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY vs HON. EMMANUEL M. MUÑOZ G.R. No. L-25459 – 23 SCRA 1183 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Systems of Registration Prior to PD 1529 – Spanish Titles Pinagcamaligan Indo-Agro Development Corporation, Inc. (Piadeco) is a […]
212 U.S. 449 (41 Phil. 935) – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Ancestral Domain – Ancestral Land Claim Political Law – Regalian Doctrine – Due Process – Property Rights In 1903, Mateo Cariño filed a petition for him to be granted a certificate of title over a 40 hectare land […]
G.R. No. L-3891 – 9 Phil. 387 – Civil Law – Wills and Succession – Conditions on the Institution of Heirs – Prohibition to Remarry Sometime in the early 1900s, Consuelo Morente died leaving a will which provides that she is leaving all her real estate in favor of her […]
G.R. No. 139587 – 399 Phil. 282 – 345 SCRA 541 – Civil Law – Wills and Succession – Jurisdiction of the Probate Court The spouses Ismael and Felisa Reyes owned two parcels of land (Lot A and Lot B) collectively referred to as the Arayat properties located in Arayat, Cubao, […]
G.R. No. 113725 – 390 Phil. 11 – 334 SCRA 522 – Civil Law – Succession – Transmissible Obligations A certain Aleja Belleza died but he instituted in his will Dr. Jorge Rabadilla as a devisee to a 511,855 square-meter land. A condition was however imposed to the effect that: […]
G.R. No. 103338 – 229 SCRA 60 – Civil Law – Obligations and Contracts – Law on Sales – Option Contract – Consideration Distinct from the Price In 1975, a “Lease Contract with Option to Buy” was executed between Federico Serra and the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC). It was […]
G.R. No. 154259 – 492 Phil. 615 – 452 SCRA 532 – Civil Law – General Principles; Human Relations – Abuse of Rights – Volenti Non Fit Injuria One evening in October 1994, an exclusive party was being held at the Nikko Hotel Manila Garden. The party was being held […]
G.R. No. 133535 – 372 Phil. 816 – 320 SCRA 684 – Criminal Law – Crimes Committed by Public Officers – Plunder; Jurisdiction Remedial Law – Jurisdiction of Courts – Jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan In 1996, an Information was filed with the Sandiganbayan against Lilia Organo for the crime of plunder […]
G.R. No. L-15127 – 112 Phil. 135 – 2 SCRA 205 – Civil Law – General Principles – Effect and Application of Laws – Waiver of Rights Emeterio Cui was a law student at the Arellano University. He finished the first three years of his law degree at said law […]
G.R. No. 74433 – 237 Phil. 718 – 153 SCRA 742 – Criminal Law – Crimes Against Persons – Article 247 – Death Inflicted Under Exceptional Circumstances One day in 1984, Francisco Abarca, through a peephole, caught his wife having sexual intercourse with one Khingsley Paul Koh inside the Abarca […]