Category: CASE DIGESTS
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G.R. No. 182814: Mendoza vs. Court of Appeals, 8th Division (July 15, 2015) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Petitioners Ligaya Mendoza and Adelia Mendoza obtained a P12,000,000.00 loan from Bangko Kabayan (formerly Ibaan Rural Bank) secured by a Deed of Real Estate Mortgage over 71 parcels of land. Upon default, the private respondent bank filed a Complaint for Judicial Foreclosure. The Regional Trial Court (RTC) rendered a Judgment on the Pleadings on…
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Gatmaytan vs. Dolor (G.R. No. 198120, February 20, 2017) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Petitioner Mercedes S. Gatmaytan was the losing party in an action for reconveyance before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC). Gatmaytan’s counsel, Atty. Raymond Palad, filed a Notice of Change of Address on June 8, 2004, updating his address from No. 117 West Avenue to Unit 602, No. 42 Prince Jun Condominium, Timog…
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Palma v. Galvez, G.R. No. 165273 (March 10, 2010) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Petitioner Leah Palma filed an action for damages against the Philippine Heart Center and several medical personnel, including private respondent Psyche Elena Agudo, a resident nurse, alleging professional negligence for the unauthorized removal of her right ovary. Alias summons was served upon Agudo through substituted service at her residence, accepted and signed by her…
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ROSALINO P. ACANCE, et al. v. COURT OF APPEALS, et al. (G.R. No. 159699. March 16, 2005) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Spouses Yolanda, Epifania, and Napoleon Quijano (Respondents) filed an amended complaint to annul an Extra-Judicial Settlement of Estate and corresponding Transfer Certificates of Titles held by Spouses Jesulito, Manuel, and Nestor Acance (Petitioners), who are non-resident American citizens. The trial court (RTC) ordered extraterritorial service of summons by publication, which the petitioners claimed was…
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G.R. No. 111501: Philippine Fuji Xerox Corp. vs. NLRC (March 5, 1996) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Philippine Fuji Xerox Corporation (Fuji Xerox) entered into an agreement with Skillpower, Inc. to supply workers for its “Xerox Copier Project”. Private respondent Pedro Garado was assigned by Skillpower as a key operator at a Fuji Xerox branch starting in February 1980. Garado worked exclusively for Fuji Xerox until 1984. In 1983, Garado was…
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Hocheng Philippines Corp. vs. Farrales (G.R. No. 211497, March 18, 2015) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Farrales, an Assistant Unit Chief (supervisory employee) of Hocheng Philippines Corporation (HPC), had permission from a co-employee, Eric Libutan, to borrow one of Eric’s two helmets. On November 27, 2009, Farrales was seen on CCTV instructing another employee, Andy, to retrieve a yellow helmet from a parked motorcycle. Farrales claimed he mistook this yellow…
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SAMEER OVERSEAS PLACEMENT AGENCY, INC. vs. JOY C. CABILES G.R. No. 170139 (August 5, 2014) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Joy C. Cabiles (Respondent/OFW) was hired by Sameer Overseas Placement Agency, Inc. (Petitioner/Agency) for a one-year employment contract as a quality control worker in Taiwan. Upon deployment on June 26, 1997, she was made to work as a cutter instead of quality control. On July 14, 1997, barely a month into her contract, she…
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International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, Inc. vs. Greenpeace Southeast Asia (CASE DIGEST)
(G.R. No. 209271, December 08, 2015) Facts Greenpeace Southeast Asia (Philippines), Magsasaka at Siyentipiko sa Pagpapaunlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG), and individual respondents filed a Petition for Writ of Kalikasan and Writ of Continuing Mandamus to permanently stop the field trials of genetically modified eggplant, known as Bt talong. Bt talong was engineered to resist the…
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Melad v. Melad G.R. No. 267998 (Supreme Court, Second Division, Promulgated April 23, 2025) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Eloisa Maliwat-Melad (Petitioner) and Amancio Reyes Melad (Private Respondent) were married on March 23, 1990, in Tarlac City, and produced three children. The marriage contract identified the solemnizing officer as Judge Conrado De Gracia. In 2018, Eloisa filed a petition seeking to declare the marriage null and void based on the lack of authority…
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Lanuza v. Court of Appeals- G.R. No. 131394, March 28, 2005 (Tinga, J.) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts The Philippine Merchant Marine School, Inc. (PMMSI) was incorporated in 1952. Its Articles of Incorporation (AOI) reflected an initial capital stock subscription of seven hundred seventy-six (776) issued and outstanding shares (700 founders’ shares and 76 common shares). In contrast, the company’s Stock and Transfer Book (STB), first registered in 1978, recorded only thirty-three…