CASE # 78 Fidel Salamera v. Sandiganbayan G.R no 121099 February 17‚ 1999 Pardo‚ J.: Facts; The Sandiganbayan convicted Mayor Fidel Salamera of Casiguran Aurora for the crime of Malversation of Public Property. This was about the Smith & Wesson revolver gun that was mortgaged to him by barangay chairman Antonio Benavidez. The said gun was owned and licensed to Ponciano Benavidez. When the owner demanded the return of his gun the latter cannot produce the item because it was conficted by the
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OBLICON: EXTINGUISHMENT OF OBLIGATIONs Payment or Performance 1. Montecillo vs. Reynes FACTS: Respondents Ignacia Reynes and Spouses Abucay filed on June 20‚ 1984 a complaint for Declaration of Nullity and Quieting of Title against petitioner Rido Montecillo. Reynes asserted that she is the owner of a lot situated in Mabolo‚ Cebu City containing an area of 448 square meters. In 1981‚ Reynes sold 185 square meters of the Mabolo Lot to the Abucay Spouses who built a residential house on the lot they
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[G.R. No. 117103. January 21‚ 1999] Spouses RENATO S. ONG and FRANCIA N. ONG‚ Petitioners‚ v. COURT OF APPEALS‚ INLAND TRAILWAYS‚ INC. and PHILTRANCO SERVICE ENTERPRISE‚ INC.‚Respondents. FACTS: Petitioners were paying passengers of Inland Bus (owned and operated by Inland Trailways under a Lease Agreement with Philtranco)‚ iIt was driven by Calvin Coronel. Around 3:50 a.m. on February 9‚ 1987‚ when the Inland bus slowed down to avoid a stalled cargo truck in Tiaong‚ Quezon‚ it was bumped from
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EASTERN SHIPPING LINES‚ INC.‚ vs. POEA (166 SCRA 533‚ G.R. No. 76633‚ October 18‚ 1988) FACTS: In this case‚ there was a certain Vitaliano Saco was Chief Officer of the M/V Eastern Polaris when he was killed in an accident in Tokyo‚ Japan on March 15‚ 1985. His widow sued for damages under Executive Order No. 797 and Memorandum Circular No. 2 of the POEA. The petitioner‚ as owner of the vessel‚ argued that the complaint was cognizable not by the POEA but by the Social Security System and should
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FACTS: SS/Alicante‚ belonging to Compania Transatlantica de Barcelona was transporting two locomotive boilers for the Manila Railroad Company. The equipment of the ship for discharging the heavy cargo was not strong enough to handle the boilers. Compania Transatlantica contracted the services of Atlantic gulf and Pacific Co.‚ which had the best equipment to lift the boilers out of the ship’s hold. When Alicante arrived in Manila‚ Atlantic company sent out its floating crane under the
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Case: The Asylum Case (1960 World) Facts: Torre‚ the unsuccessful leader of a military rebellion in Peru in 1948‚ sought political asylum in the Columbian embassy in Lima. Peru refused to allow Torre to leave the country‚ and insisted he be given over to Peru to be tried for military rebellion. Dispute referred to the ICJ‚ which first decided that Columbia had no treaty right to declare that Torre was entitled to the status of a political offender eligible for political asylum. The ICJ then turned
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How much is too much? With gas prices soaring‚ the housing market crumbling‚ poverty rates rising‚ and the country sinking into more debt by the day‚ money is on a lot of people’s minds right now. Millions of people are struggling to put food on the table while celebrities are signing multi-million dollar contracts for movies and sports. Many entertainment and sports personalities have very high incomes‚ while most people in "ordinary" professions like nurses‚ doctors and teachers earn only
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Case Digests in Administrative Law by Mark Anthony N. Manuel 2012 PEOPLE vs. VERA G.R. No. L-45685 November 16‚ 1937 FACTS: This case involves the constitutionality of the old probation law. Respondent Cu Unjieng was convicted by the trial court in Manila. He filed for reconsideration which was elevated to the SC and the SC remanded the appeal to the lower court for a new trial. While awaiting new trial‚ he appealed for probation under the provisions of Act No. 4221. Judge Tuason of the
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C.A. No. 299 March 18‚ 1946 FELIX ADAN‚ plaintiff-appellant‚ vs. AGAPITO CASILI and VICTORIA ADAN‚ defendants-appellees. OZAETA‚ J.: The plaintiff Felix Adan commenced this action in the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur against his sister Victoria Adan and the latter’s husband‚ Agapito Casili‚ to secure the judicial partition of the estate left by their deceased mother‚ Simplicia Nepomuceno‚ alleged to consist of six parcels of land which are specifically described in
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application for a writ of preliminary mandatory injunction‚ filed by Ang Ladlad LGBT Party (Ang Ladlad ) against the Resolutions of the COMELEC dated November 11‚ 2009 (the 1st Assailed Resolution) and December 16‚ 2009 (the 2nd Assailed Resolution).The case has its roots in the COMELEC’s refusal to accredit Ang Ladlad as a party-list organization under RA 7941‚ otherwise known as the Party-ListSystem Act. Before the COMELEC‚ Ang Ladlad argued that the LGBT (lesbians‚ gays‚ bisexuals and transgender)
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