Case Digest: JARILLIO V. PEOPLE
JARILLIO V. PEOPLE G.R. No. 164435, [June 29, 2010] DOCTRINE: He who contracts a second marriage before the judicial declaration of nullity of the first marriage assumes the risk of being prosecuted for bigamy. FACTS: On November 1979, the accused Victoria S. Jarillo,being previously united in lawful marriage with Rafael M. Alocillo in 1974, and […]
Case Digest: Fuentes vs. Roca
Fuentes vs. Roca G.R. No. 178902, [April 21, 2010] FACTS: Sabina Tarroza owned a land in Canelar,Zamboanga City and she sold it to her son, Tarciano T. Roca (Tarciano) under a deed of absolute sale. Six years later in 1988, Tarciano offered to sell the lot to petitioners Manuel and Leticia Fuentes (the Fuentes spouses). […]
Case Digest: LIGERALDE V. PATALINGHUG and the REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
SILVINO A. LIGERALDE V. MAY ASCENSION A. PATALINGHUG and the REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES G.R. NO. 168796, [April 15, 2010] DOCTRINE: The root cause of the psychological incapacity must be identified as a psychological illness, its incapacitating nature fully explained and established by the totality of the evidence presented during trial. Private respondent’s act of […]
Case Digest: MA. LOURDES VALENZUELA vs. COURT OF APPEALS, RICHARD LI and ALEXANDER COMMERCIAL, INC.
MA. LOURDES VALENZUELA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, RICHARD LI and ALEXANDER COMMERCIAL, INC., respondents. G.R. No. 115024 [February 7, 1996] Facts: At around 2:00 in the morning of June 24, 1990, plaintiff Ma. Lourdes Valenzuela was driving a blue Mitsubishi lancer from her restaurant at Marcos highway to her home. While travelling along […]
Case Digest: REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. HON. PERFECTO R. PALACIO, ET AL.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. PERFECTO R. PALACIO, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, MACARIO M. OFILADA, as ex-officio Sheriff of Manila, and ILDEFONSO ORTIZ, respondents. G.R. No. L-20322 [ May 29, 1968] Facts: Ildefonso Ortiz instituted a civil action against the Handog Irrigation Association, Inc, a corporation, and […]
Case Digest: SPS. BUENAVENTURA JAYME AND ROSARIO JAYME vs. RODRIGO APOSTOL, ET AL.
SPS. BUENAVENTURA JAYME AND ROSARIO JAYME, petitioners, vs. RODRIGO APOSTOL, FIDEL LOZANO, ERNESTO SIMBULAN, MAYOR FERNANDO Q. MIGUEL, MUNICIPALITY OF KORONADAL (NOW CITY OF KORONADAL), PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABATO, represented by the MUNICIPAL TREASURER and/or MUNICIPAL MAYOR FERNANDO Q. MIGUEL, and THE FIRST INTEGRATED BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., respondents. G.R. No. 163609 [November 27, […]
Case Digest: AGAPITO FUELLAS vs. ELPIDIO CADANO, ET AL.
AGAPITO FUELLAS, petitioner, vs. ELPIDIO CADANO, ET AL., respondents. G.R. No. L-14409 [October 31, 1961] FACTS: Pepito Cadano and Rico Fuellas, son of defendant-appellant Agapito Fuellas, were both 13 years old and classmates at St. Mary’s High School, Dansalan City. While Pepito was studying his lessons in the classroom, Rico took the pencil of […]
Case Digest: PEDRO ELCANO and PATRICIA ELCANO vs.REGINALD HILL and MARVIN HILL
PEDRO ELCANO and PATRICIA ELCANO, in their capacity as Ascendants of AgapitoElcano, deceased,plaintiffs-appellants, vs. REGINALD HILL, minor, and MARVIN HILL, as father and Natural Guardian of said minor, defendants-appellees. G.R. No. L-24803 [May 26, 1977] Facts of the Case: Respondent Reginald Hill killed the son of the plaintiffs named Agapito Elcano. A criminal complaint was […]
Case Digest: PICART vs. SMITH, JR.
AMADO PICART, plaintiff-appellant, vs. FRANK SMITH, JR., defendant-appellee G.R. No. L-12219 March 15, 1918 FACTS: On December 12, 1912, on the Carlatan Bridge, at San Fernando, La Union the plaintiff was riding on his pony over said bridge. Before he had gotten half way across, the defendant approached from the opposite direction in an automobile, […]
Case Digest: CAEDO et al vs. YU KHE THAI and RAFAEL BERNARDO
CAEDO et al vs. YU KHE THAI and RAFAEL BERNARDO G.R. No. L-20392 December 18, 1968 FACTS: Plaintiff Caedo was driving his Mercury car at about 5:30 in the morning of March 24, 1958 along E. de los Santos Ave., in the vicinity of San LorenzoVillage bound for the airport. Several members of his family […]
