Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1972
- G.R. No. L-33090 LAWYERS LEAGUE FOR BETTER PHIL., AND/OR OLIVER O. LOZANO, PETITIONERS, VS. NATIONAL PRICE CONTROL COUNCIL AND/OR SHELL PHILIPPINES, INC., CALTEX PHILIPPINES, INC., FILOIL REFINERY CORPORATION, MOBIL OIL PHILIPPINES, INC., GETTY OIL PHILIPPINES, INC., ESSO PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-26266 RAMON A. TARNATE, PETITIONER AND APPELLANT, VS. LUCILO U. GARCIA AND THE HON. VICTORIANO H. ENDAYA AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF BATANGAS, RESPONDENTS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 192- THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, COMPLAINANT, VS. HONORABLE VIVENCIO M. RUIZ, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33445 MANUEL P. SANTOS AND RUBEN P. BERNARDO, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE JUDGE PEDRO JL. BAUTISTA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, BRANCH III, PASAY CITY, PERFECTO CRUZ, MARIA PASCUAL VDA. DE CRUZ, ARSENIO CRUZ, ANICETO CRUZ, ESTELA CRUZ, ANASTACIO CRUZ, ROSARIO CRUZ AND MOISES CRUZ, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-26878 ALEJANDRA CUARTO VDA. DE LUNA, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLEES, VS. SEVERIANO VALLE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 26177 OSCAR VILLANUEVA, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE JOSE R. QUERUBIN, PRESIDING JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-30389 PEDRO LEE HONG HOK, SIMEON LEE HONG HOK, ROSITA LEE HONG HOK AND LEONCIO LEE HONG HOK, PETITIONERS, VS. ANIANO DAVID, THE HON. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-32613-14 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. SIMEON N. FERRER (IN HIS CAPACITY AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF TARLAC, BRANCH I), FELICIANO CO ALIAS LEONCIO CO ALIAS "BOB," AND NILO S. TAYAG ALIAS ROMY REYES ALIAS "TABA," RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-34708 SATURNINO TUMULIN, PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, MANUEL GARCES AND THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF BOHOL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26868 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. REMEGIO ESTEBIA, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT, LOPE E. ADRIANO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-23577 THE SURIGAO DEVELOPMENT BANK, FELIPE PLAZA CHUA, MELCHOR AVILA CHUA, LUCIA RAMA LIMCHIU, MARIANELLA G. RAMA, CELERINA A. CHUA, EUFEMIO. V. DARUNDAY AND BENJAMIN LOZADA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HON. TEOFILO B. BUSLON, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE, CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS, CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 784 ERIBERTO H. DECENA, PETITIONER, VS. CELESTINO M. DE LEON, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-34212 BERNARDO QUILANTANG, ET AL, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS AND BENJAMIN TECSON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33255 ARTURO BALBASTRO, JOSE PEREZ, EDGARDO DE LA CRUZ, LEONARDO VILLANUEVA AND CONSORCIA HALILI, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. WALFRIDO DE LOS ANGELES, IN HIS CAPACITY AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, QUEZON CITY BRANCH IV, AND FRANCISCO E. FERNANDEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 31759 DELGADO BROTHERS, INC., PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND ESPERIDIONA VDA. DE FERNANDEZ FOR HERSELF AND FOR HER MINOR SON, RUBEN FERNANDEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-31984 DOMINGO DE LOS SANTOS, TEODORO GUILALAS, JULIO LINQUICO, ET AL., PETITIONERS, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, FELIX G. PAGUIA AND JESUS G. PAGUIA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-279533 IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION 3 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 875, KNOWN AS THE INDUSTRIAL PEACE ACT. THE PHILIPPINE AMERICAN MANAGEMENT & FINANCING COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. MANAGEMENT & SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINE AMERICAN MANAGEMENT & FINANCING COMPANY, INC., ARTHUR ABIERA, ALFONSO BRIONES, JR., EUGENIO DELA CUADRA, RAUL DIYCO, LIBRADA MARQUINEZ, PLARIDEL PAMATIAN, CLEMENTE ROMAN VALERIO TIGNO AND ROSALINO MARTIN, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. L-29538, NOVEMBER 29, 1972] PHILIPPINE VIRGINIA TOBACCO ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION-(CUGCO), PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE JUDGE HONORATO B. MASAKAYAN OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, QUEZON CITY BRANCH; ROSENDO ESTOYE, RAMON ENCARNACION, JR., RICARDO AGUILA, CASIANO LEDDA, FERNANDO MANANGAN, FEDERICO B. MORENO, E. P. LA ROSA AND ABELARDO SUBIDO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35252 LIBERTY MANUFACTURING WORKERS UNION, PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BULACAN, 5TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, AND THE LIBERTY MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 763 MARCELINO PAJARIN, COMPLAINANT, VS. ELIODORO S. BALUYOT, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 1088 NORBERTO EDROSA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. INOCENCIO ARRIETA Y RAMOS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 238- RAFAEL S. DADIVAS, JR., COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. CESAR KINTANAR, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 187- REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (CAPIZ AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY SCHOOL), COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. LEON ROXAS, JR., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 193- THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. ALBERTO J. FRANCISCO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35131 THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND DR. LEONCE VERSTUYFT, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. BENJAMIN H. AQUINO, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH VIII, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, MAJOR WILFREDO CRUZ, MAJOR ANTONIO G. RELLEVE, AND CAPTAIN PEDRO S. NAVARRO OF THE CONSTABULARY OFFSHORE ACTION CENTER (COSAC), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35384 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. ANGELITO MATIAS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, ANGELITO MATIAS AND AGUSTIN DESCALSO, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-28296 CELESTINO C. HERNANDEZ, RUBEN C. HERNANDEZ, PORFIRIA H. VALENCIA, FRANCISCO C. HERNANDEZ, LAURA H. CORNEJO, MAXIMO C. HERNANDEZ, JR., MA. ROSARIO C. HERNANDEZ, LOURDES DOMINGO HERNANDEZ, PRISCILLA DOMINGO HERNANDEZ, AND JACINTO DOMINGO HERNANDEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE PEDRO C. NAVARRO, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL (PASIG) AND DOLORES MOJICA VDA. DE HERNANDEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29159 CELESTINO TATEL, ET AL, PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLEES, VS. THE MUNICIPALITY OF VIRAC, ET AL., DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS. [G.R. No. L-29160, NOVEMBER 24, 1972] GULF FIBERS CORPORATION, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLEES, VS. THE MUNICIPALITY OF VIRAC, ET AL., DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 32094 CORAZON V. AGONCILLO, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS; HON. ALFREDO CATOLICO (AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAVITE); AND EMILIO AGUINALDO, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35101 DANILO BUSTAMANTE, PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE JUDGE MAXIMO MACEREN AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-23408 DOLORES NARAG, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, VS. SALVADOR CECILIO AND ANTONIO CECILIO, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 31856 ELPIDIO ARELLANO, AGUSTIN ARELLANO, ESTANISLAO DAQUIGAN, PIO SAAVEDRA, FEDERICO QUIJANO, RICARDO ALVAREZ, BALDOMERO DAQUIGAN, MACARIO DAQUIGAN, ANDRES DAQUIGAN, EMMANUEL DAQUIGAN, WILFREDO DAQUIGAN, FELIX CORNEJO, ESTEBAN GIWA AND LORENZO DUQUE, PETITIONERS, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, DELFINA G. ESTRADA, BENITA G. GARLITOS, REYNALDA G. ESPEJO AND ERLINDA G. GUICO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35345 HON. ATILANO C. BAUTISTA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS JUDGE, MUNICIPAL COURT OF MONTALBAN, RIZAL, PETITIONER, VS. HON. PEDRO C. NAVARRO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL AND MAXIMO CALALANG, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 31267 IGNACIA NEGRETE, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, VS. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MARINDUQUE AND IGMEDIO MADERAZO REPRESENTED BY HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE CATALINO MADERAZO, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-27673 JULIO SAPIDA, ANGELINA DEL ROSARIO, EUFROCINA SAPIDA, DOMICIANO ILAWAN, MAGDALENA SAPIDA, ADOLFO LEVERIZA, ANGELES SAPIDA, GABRIEL VELEZ, MARIETTA SAPIDA, AGUSTINA SAPIDA (NOW DECEASED), SUBSTITUTED BY HER CHILDREN ROLANDO, ROMEO, JUANITO, ERNESTO AND BENJAMIN, ALL SURNAMED FRANCISCO, PETITIONERS, VS. MERCEDES ASPILLERA DE VILLANUEVA AND VICENTE P. VILLANUEVA, SPOUSES, AND HON. COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35075 LAKAS NG MANGGAGAWANG PILIPINO, PETITIONER, VS. BENGUET CONSOLIDATED, INC., NATIONAL MINES AND ALLIED WORKERS' UNION (NAMAWU-MIF), PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF FREE LABOR UNIONS (PAFLU), BENGUET MINE WORKERS UNION, AND HON. AMANDO C. BUGAYONG, IN HIS CAPACITY AS ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS. BENGUET CONSOLIDATED, INC. EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS UNION, PAFLU, INTERVENOR.
- G.R. No. L-28862 LEON DE GUZMAN AND GENOVEVA RODRIGUEZ DE GUZMAN, PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLANTS, VS. FRANCISCA T. GUIEB AND MACARIO P. GUIEB, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 1096 PERFECTO ALFARO, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE EUGENIO O. DE LEON, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-28194 PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL BANK, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TESTATE ESTATE OF CHARLES NEWTON HODGES (SP. PROC. NO. 1672, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ILOILO), PETITIONER, VS. NUMERIANO VILLALVA, DAVID LOZADA AND THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33364-65 SIMPLICIO PALANCA AND UNITED SALES AND SERVICES EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (PAFLU), ET AL. (IMPLEADED AS CO-PETITIONERS SINCE COMPLAINANT UNION MEMBERS ARE PARTIES TO THE COMPROMISE AGREEMENT), PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SITTING EN BANC, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 196- THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. FLORENCIO VILLAMOR, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 111 [ Adm. Case No. 111. November 20, 1972 ]
- G.R. No. L-29554 MARIANO REYES, ASUNCION REYES, ROSARIO REYES, AGAPITA REYES, FELICIDAD REYES, AND MARCOSA REYES, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. ANDRES STA. MARIA, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BULACAN, BRANCH II; PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF BULACAN; MARIA REYES VDA. DE SAYO, DECEASED, SUBSTITUTED BY SIMON RAMOS AND ROSARIO R. SAYO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-28972 CITY COUNCIL OF CEBU CITY REPRESENTED BY COUNCILORS FLORENCIO S. UROT, EULOGIO E. BORRES, RONALD DUTERTE, RAYMUNDO A. CRYSTAL, BIENVENIDO A. TUDTUD, JOHN H. OSMEÑA AND MARIO R. VELOSO, IN THEIR CAPACITY AS THE MAJORITY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CEBU AND AS CITIZENS OF THE SAID CITY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, VS. CARLOS J. CUIZON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEBU, JESUS E. ZABATE, ACTING CITY TREASURER OF THE CITY OF CEBU, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK AND TROPICAL COMMERCIAL COMPANY, INCORPORATED, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-30443 FRANCISCO S. MARCELINO, PETITIONER, VS. SEVEN-UP BOTTLING COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-31499 GERARDO ROXAS AND THE LIBERAL PARTY, PETITIONERS, VS. THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES AND/OR RAMON MORADA, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-32143 GERONIMO PANIZALES, ELIAS PANIZALES AND VICENTE PANIZALES, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, VS. VALERIO PALMARES, VALENTIN ESPINO, JOSE DINEROS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PROVINCIAL SHERIFF, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-30486 MARIA SAN MIGUEL VDA. DE ESPIRITU, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAVITE, ANASTACIA TOPACIO, JOSEFA JARDINIANO AND REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33781 PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF FREE LABOR UNIONS (PAFLU), PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, TRINITY STEEL PRODUCTS, INC., AND TRINITY STEEL LABOR UNION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-32619 RUEL P. LAMATA, PETITIONERS, RUEL P. LAMATA AND FLORENCIO DE LA CERNA, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, VS. HON. VICENTE N. CUSI, JR., JUDGE OF CFI DAVAO, AND HON. ELIAS B. LOPEZ, CITY MAYOR OF DAVAO, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35067 TIP WORKERS UNION-NATU, PORFIRIO DOMINGO, TEODORICO RAMOS, LADISLAO GASPAR, SIMPLICIO B. PUNONGBAYAN, RENATO PADILLA, GREGORIO VILLAFUERTE, PEDRO GASPAR, OSCAR SALES, ALEJANDRO DOMINGO, CELSO PAGTALUNAN, TEODORO RAMOS AND FELICIANO IGNACIO, PETITIONERS, VS. TOBACCO INDUSTRIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., EMMANUEL KING, TOMAS TIONGSON AND COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N