G.R. No. L-26407 – 172 Phil. 237 – 82 SCRA 245 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Distinction of Liability of Employers Under Article 2180 and Their Liability Under the Revised Penal Code – Independent Civil Action In April 1950, the freight truck owned by Eusebio Mendoza was […]
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G.R. No. L-12191 – 30 Phil. 768 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Distinction of Liability of Employers Under Article 2180 and Their Liability for Breach of Contract On January 20, 1915, Cangco was riding the train of Manila Railroad Co (MRC). He was an employee of the latter […]
G.R. No. 140420 – 404 Phil. 586 – 351 SCRA 73 – Civil Law – Article 19 – Abuse of Rights – Damnum Absque Injuria In 1965, Atty. Sergio Amonoy represented Alfonso Fornilda (also spelled Formida) in a partition case. Since Fornilda had no money to pay, he agreed to […]
G.R. No. 9331 – 101 Phil. 947 – 54 O.G. 1831 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Employer Liable for Damages Caused by Employee Although not Engaged in Business or Industry In December 1953, Segundino Estanda was driving the Studebaker Sedan car owned by Conrado Echarri when he […]
G.R. No. 120706 – 381 Phil. 90 – 324 SCRA 85 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Human Relations – Article 26 – “Human Personality Exalted By Laws” The spouses Nestor and Allem Nicolas were the lessees of Florence Concepcion. The spouses were engaged in an office supply […]
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. L-46179 – 171 Phil. 418 – 81 SCRA 472 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Double Recovery of Civil Liability In September 1975, Maximo Borilla was driving a jeep when he hit Arsenio Virata thereby causing the latter’s death. The heirs of Virata sued Borilla through […]
G.R. No. L-44748 – 227 Phil. 619 – 143 SCRA 657 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Human Relations – Article 19 and 20 of the Civil Code – Negligence Loreto Dionela received a telegram via the Radio Communications of the Philippines, Inc. (RCPI). However, at the end […]
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. 80645 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Conditional Sale – Specific Performance Obligations and Contracts – Suspensive ConditionIn July 1976, the Buenaventura siblings sold two parcels of land to Marcelino and Guadalupe Galang. The terms of the sale are as follows: 1. Galang shall pay 25% […]
G.R. Nos. L-33138-39 – 64 SCRA 427 – 159-A Phil. 693 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Civil Liability from Quasi Delicts vs Civil Liability from Crimes In February 1963, Andres Ilagan was driving a bus owned by Batangas Laguna Tayaban Bus Company, Inc. (BLTB) along Manila South […]
G.R. No. 94149 – 208 SCRA 343 – Mercantile Law – Law on Transportation – Civil Code vs Code of Commerce (which is to be applied in the presence of negligence in cases of lost of goods)Civil Law – Torts and Damages Mayleen Paper, Inc. contracted the services of the […]
G.R. No. 162368 – 527 Phil. 722 – 495 SCRA 396 – Civil Code – Family Code- Annulment of Marriage – Article 36: Psychological Incapacity Armida and Brix are a showbiz couple. The couple’s relationship before the marriage and even during their brief union (for well about a year […]
G.R. No. 135830; G.R. No. 136035; G.R. No. 137743 – 508 Phil. 260 – 471 SCRA 266 – Civil Law – Family Code – Annulment of Marriage – Proper Party Teofilo Carlos and petitioner Juan De Dios Carlos were brothers who each had three parcels of land by virtue of […]
G.R. No. 133743; G.R. No. 134029 – 543 Phil. 275 – 514 SCRA 294 – Civil Law – Family Code – Retroactive Effect of Article 26 of the Family Code During his lifetime, Felicisimo San Luis (Rodolfo San Luis’s dad) contracted three marriages. His first marriage was with Virginia Sulit […]
G.R. No. 132344 – 382 Phil. 697 – 327 SCRA 804 – Civil Law – Human Relations – Article 19 of the Civil Code In 1987, Romeo Jader was a graduating law student at the University of the East. He failed to take the regular examination in Practice Court 1 […]