Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1971
- G.R. Nos. 24705-06 MABUHAY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. REMIGIO RONQUILLO, DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF TARLAC AND THE NATIONAL TREASURER, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- AC No. 760 MAGDALENA U. VERIN, COMPLAINANT, VS. EFREN E. TAGALA, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 27306 MARIA RAMOS, PETITIONER, VS. SANTIAGO OSORIO AND THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29634 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. ESTEBAN GALAMGAM, SUBSTITUTE CLAIMANT FOR DECEASED JUANA S. GALAMGAM, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 27132 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MANILA INVESTMENT & CONSTRUCTION, INC. AND CIPRIANO S. ALLAS, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 32891 RUSTAN SUPERVISORY UNION, MAHADI LIMBAO, LOLITO PEPITO, ARTURO SOLIS, WINSTON BALABAT AND ISIDRO BALCITA, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. HON. MOISES DALISAY, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE, BRANCH II, AND RUSTAN PULP AND PAPER MILLS, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 27731 CHUA WEE AND PACITA TOPENIO, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, OPPOSITOR- APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R No. 24096 ELEGANCE, INC.,PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, AÍDA FLORENTINO, RUFINO TRINIDAD, MARIA IGNACIO, AURORA TRINIDAD, EMERENCIANA SUNGA, CEFERINA IGNACIO, LORENZA DIRECTO, ADORACIÓN FLORENTINO, ARSENIA MANIGAT, ROSITA LAURENTE, GODOFREDA GUEVARRA, EMILIANA OPEÑA, CARMEN TABOY AND LUCIO JAMUAD, RESPONDENTS. ELEGANCE EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS UNION, INTERVENOR. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 31261-65 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ALFREDO CATÓLICO, DISTRICT JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAVITE, BRANCH III, TIBURCIO SANTERO, AND EPIFANÍA ILANO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 32170 CITIZENS' SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE A. MELENCIO-HERRERA, SANTIAGO DACANAY, AND JOSEFINA DACANAY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 28771 CORNELIA MATABUENA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. PETRONILA CERVANTES, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 24237 DONATA LUNA, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. PEDRO PACIS, PERSONALLY AND AS ACTING COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 27377 DY PAC PAKIAO WORKERS UNION, PETITIONER, VS. DY PAC AND COMPANY, INC., ALFONSO SANTOS SORIANO AND COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 24358 ELISEO GUEVARA, JESUS GUEVARA, ELENA GUEVARA, VERONICA GUEVARA, MARGARITA GUEVARA, PEREGRINO GUEVARA, MARIA GUEVARA, EUGELIA GUEVARA, PETRA EVANGELISTA, FOR HERSELF AND AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM OF HER MINOR CHILDREN NENILA, PRISCILLA, ERNESTO, DELIA AND CARMEN, ALL SURNAMED GUEVARA, AND MAXIMA CANLAS, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM OF ESTER GUEVARA, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. PLACIDO C. RAMOS, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, BRANCH IV-QUEZON CITY, THEN PRESIDED OVER BY THE HON. JUDGE HERMOGENES CALUAG, BERNABE FLORES, BERNABE CRUZ, ROSITA CRUZ, ABRAHAM CRUZ, ADELAIDA CRUZ, ADORACION CRUZ, LEONORA CRUZ, ROMULO CRUZ, FLORA CRUZ, CONRADO CRUZ, AND MAXIMO CALALANG, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 24898 GO OH, HELEN GOOH, JAMES GOOH, WILLIAM GOOH, HENRY GOOH, THE LAST FOUR AS REPRESENTED BY GO OH, PETITIONERS-APPELLEES, VS. MARTINIANO VIVO, VIRGILIO GASTON AND MARCIAL RAÑOLA, IN THEIR CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER AND ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS, RESPECTIVELY, COMPOSING THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 32824 HOLLANDA A.S. EVANGELISTA, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MANUEL ABAD SANTOS, PETITIONER, VS. LA PROVEEDORA, INC., THE HON. ANDRES C. AGUILAR, PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH II, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PAMPANGA, THE HON. MARCELO D. MENDIOLA, EX-OFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF PAMPANGA, AND EDGARDO A. ZABAT, SENIOR DEPUTY PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF PAMPANGA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 30054 HON. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND INVESTIGATOR ALFREDO ZERUDO, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND HEIRS OF B. A. CRUMB, NAMELY HENRY WILLIAM, ARTHUR, MARY, EVA AND JAMES, THE LATTER BEING REPRESENTED BY HIS WIFE, CORAZON JAVELONA, AND CHILDREN, EVELYN, STELLA, JAMES, JR., AND GLORY, ALL SURNAMED "CRUMB", RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29499 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF CHUA SIU TING TO BE ADMITTED AS CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, CHUA SIU TING, PETITIONER-APPELLEE, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, OPPOSITOR-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N
- AC No. 181- JOSE C. LUCIANO, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. HERMINIO C. MARIANO, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, BRANCH X, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 31259 MANILA TRADING & SUPPLY CO, (MANTRADE AUTOMOTIVE CORP.), PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND JULIANA VDA. DE TEOFILO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 26608 PEDRO G. PERALTA, PETITIONER, VS. AUDITOR GENERAL ISMAEL MATHAY, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 28783 PERLA REYES, PETITIONER, VS. JUSTINA CARRASCO, HON. COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-28818. MARCH 31, 1971] FERNANDO ATENGCO AND OLIMPIO ATENGCO, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND ANTONIO M. SAMIA, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. [G.R. NO. L-29225. MARCH 31, 1971] JUANITA LAPERAL, PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND BUENAVENTURA HERRERA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-29731. MARCH 31, 1971] JUANITA LAPERAL, PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND BUENAVENTURA HERRERA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-29753. MARCH 31, 1971] ZACARIAS DE LA TORRE AND NEMESIO DE LA TORRE, PETITIONERS-APPELLEES, (RESPONDENTS) VS. JUDGE VICENTE G. ERICTA OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PAGADIAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR AND ZOILO DE LOS REYES, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS, JUDGE VICENTE G. ERICTA, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, (PETITIONER). [G.R. NO. L-29970. MARCH 31, 1971] EDWARD DOMINGUEZ, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND CHUA HONG, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. L-30525. MARCH 31, 1971] JUANA M. HALILI, ERMILINDA GARCIA, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SPOUSES JOHN DOE HALILI AND JOHN DOE GARCIA, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, MARIA CHRISTINA SANTIAGO, MINOR, HEREIN REPRESENTED BY SALVADOR SANTIAGO AND MILAGROS SANTIAGO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-31054. MARCH 31, 1971] THE DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF BUILDING & REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, CONSUELO S. GONZALES-PRECILLA, MARIA CLARA GONZALES-HILARIO, ALFONSO D. PRECILLA AND DELFIN HILARIO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-31510. MARCH 31, 1971] DESIGN MASTERS, INC., PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, AND SPOUSES NAPOLEON V. VELASCO AND PACITA L. VELASCO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-31875. MARCH 31, 1971] ABELARDO BRAGAIS AND ERLINDA BRAGAIS, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, FERMINA DEL VALLE-DELIMA, JUSTINIANO DELIMA AND ORTIGAS & COMPANY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-32395. MARCH 31, 1971] RAFAEL TELLO, DEMEC TELLO, DAVID TELLO, TOLINA TELLO, SIMO TELLO, ABDON TELLO, ELIAS TELLO AND BOSONG TELLO, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND ZACARIAS TOQUING ALIAS TOKING ZACARIAS (NOW DECEASED) SUBSTITUTED BY ROSALINA TOQUING (WIDOW) AND NENENG TOQUING, KIDENG TOKING PASCUA, MONING TOKING SANCHEZ, LOURDES T. BALICTAN, PERIL TOKING, (CHILDREN), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 32740 PHILIPPINE AIR LINES EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (PALEA), PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE AIR LINES, INC. AND THE COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29938-39 SAMAR MINING CO., INC., PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, EMETERIA VDA. DE MENDOZA AND TRINIDAD VDA. DE MENDOZA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G. R. No. 28317 SANTIAGO ORTEGA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. ANDRES ORCINE AND DOROTEO ESPLANA, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 25421 SIMEON PATALINGHUD, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. FELISA BALLESTEROS, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 24663 SPOUSES RAMON A. GONZALES AND LILIA YUSAY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, VS. PROVINCE OF ILOILO, DEFENDANT APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29715 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. ADELO ABEJUELA, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. [G.R. NO. L-29833. MARCH 31, 1971] THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. VIDAL ENDAN, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 28633 CENTRAL SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. C.N. HODGES AND THE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 30298 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. IGNACIO MERCADO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 26068 CITY OF CEBU, PETITIONER, VS. HON. FELIMON R. CONSOLACION, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CEBU, BRANCH VII, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 32010 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ANGEL P. BACANI, AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PANGASINAN, BRANCH IX, AND YU LAN, ALIAS DY KIAMA, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 28466 ALBERTO T. REYES, SATURNINO LIWANAG AND LORENZO HERNANDEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS AND TEODORO KALAW, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R No. 19614 JESUS M. GABOYA, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DON MARIANO CW,PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. ANTONIO MA. CUI, MERCEDES CUI-RAMAS AND GIL RAMAS, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- AC No. 137- MARCIANA BUENAVENTURA, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. MARIANO V. BENEDICTO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 27632 MIGUEL OCAMPO, PETITIONER, VS. LIBERATO S. DOMINGO, VICENTE E. GALANOG, CITY JUDGE OF DAVAO CITY AND ATTY. ALFREDO ABEJA, CHIEF, DEPUTY SHERIFF OF QUEZON CITY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 20662-63 PHILIPPINE MARINE OFFICERS’ GUILD, PETITIONER, VS. COMPAÑIA MARITIMA, PHILIPPINE STEAM NAVIGATION CO., MADRIGAL SHIPPING CO., CIR ASSOCIATE JUDGES ARSENIO MARTINEZ, BALTAZAR VILLANUEVA AND AMANDO BUGAYONG, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 25016 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MODESTO BERACES, SILVINO BIACOLO, JIMMY NICOLAS AND FELIPE VILLA, DEFENDANTS, MODESTO BERACES, SILVINO BIACOLO, JIMMY NICOLAS AND FELIPE VILLA, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 22519 VICENTE GOTAMCO HERMANOS, PETITIONER, VS. IRMA ROHDE SHOTWELL, ASSISTED BY HER HUSBAND, ANSELMO M. SHOTWELL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 22619 ZENITH FILMS, INC., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. THE HONORABLE JUDGE JOSE B. HERRERA AND UNIT FILMS ENTERPRISES, INC., RESPONDENT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 24893 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. A. SORIANO Y CIA. AND THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29777-83 GREGORIO SOLIS, PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 27388 TRINIDAD RASAY-LAHOZ, REMEDIOS RASAY-NEPOMUCENO, ILUMINADA RASAY-JOCSON, JOSEFINA RASAY - MAUCK, EDELWINA RASAY AND CENON RASAY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, VS. DOMINGO LEONOR, JULIANA R. DE LEONOR AND FRANCISCO LEONOR, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 25932 LUCILA B. VDA. DE AZARIAS, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE MANOLO L. MADDELA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF QUEZON AND MAMERTO AZARIAS, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 26752 PATERNO SANTOS, ET AL., PETITIONERS, LEONILA POLICARPIO, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. REGISTER OF DEEDS OF MANILA AND PABLO LUCAS, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 22551 PETITION TO BE ALLOWED TO FOLLOW OR TO ACQUIRE PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP BY VIRTUE OF MARRIAGE TO A FILIPINO CITIZEN. WONG SAU MEI AND ANASTACIO RABO (TA CHING TA), PETITIONERS-APPELLEES, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, OPPOSITOR-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 33149 UNITED PHILIPPINE LINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. GODOFREDO DEANG, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- AC No. 179- CONRADO MONTALBAN, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. MATEO CANONOY, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 29385 FLORENTINO TAMAYO, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, VS. MANILA CORDAGE WORKERS UNION, ETC., AND MANILA CORDAGE COMPANY, DEFENDANTS, MANILA CORDAGE WORKERS UNION, ETC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 28389 TIONG SAN EMPLOYEES UNION AND FEDERATION OF HOTELS, RESTAURANT AND GENERAL WORKERS UNION OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONERS, VS. ANDRES LAO, SR., DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF TIONG SAN BAZAAR AND THE COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-29079. MARCH 15, 1971] FEDERATION OF HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & GENERAL WORKERS OF THE PHILIPPINES, ATTY. PEDRO CLARAVALL, LEON RABOT, TERESITA MORTERA, DIONISIA BALANON, MERCEDES MALLEK, ERLINDA GENOVE, FE DEFERIO, LETICIA DUMPIT, VIOLETA GURION, PATRICIA BALANAG, JOSEFINA CALIBUSO, CATALINA FLORES, ROSALINA CARREON, CHARITO MILLANA AND LYDIA CALDERON, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE MANUEL P. BARCELONA, PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH VIII OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA AND ANDRES LAO, SR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N