A.M. No. 145 – 100 Phil. 610 – Legal Ethics – Lawyer may be disbarred even if transgression is not one enumerated by law In 1952, Atty. Anacleto Aspiras introduced himself as a single man to Josefina Mortel. Josefina believed it and she let Anacleto court her. Anacleto, with […]
breach of promise to marry
A.M. No. 1608 – 106 SCRA 591 – Legal Ethics – Gross Immoral Conduct – Breach of promise to marry In 1970, when Segundino Maniwang was still a law student, he had a relationship with Magdalena Arciga, then a medical technology student. They started having a sexual relationship in 1971. In […]
G.R. No. L-20089 – 120 Phil. 1440 – 12 SCRA 648 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Article 21 of the Civil Code – Moral Damages – Exemplary Damages – Breach of Promise to Marry In 1954, Francisco Velez and Beatriz Wassmer planned their marriage. They decided to […]
G.R. No. 97336 – 219 SCRA 115 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Breach of promise to Marry – Article 21 of the Civil Code In August 1986, while working as a waitress in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Marilou Gonzales, then 21 years old, met Gashem Shookat Baksh, a 29 […]
G.R. No. L-14628 – 109 Phil. 629 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Breach of Promise to Marry Not An Actionable Wrong Per Se- Moral Damages In 1950, Soledad Cagigas, 33 years old (then a school teacher, later she became an insurance underwriter), and Francisco Hermosisima, 23 years old […]