Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1972
- G.R. No. L-27563 CEBU ENG HONG CO., PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. STATE COMMERCIAL CO. INC., AND LUZON SURETY CO. INC., DEFENDANTS, LUZON SURETY CO. INC., DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-23015 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. DOMINADOR DE LA CRUZ, FELIPE BILLEDO, SULPICIO GALICIA, JULIAN RAVAO, FLAVIANO SON, PABLO ALFORQUE, PEDRO OLEDEN, HONORIO DACLISON, FELIPE LLARENAS, EMILIO BUARON, LOPE MONTANO, LIMNEO MARCIAL, LUIS DE VERA AND COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-22584 DBP EMPLOYEES UNION-NATU, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JESUS Y. PEREZ, THE SHERIFF OF THE CITY OF MANILA AND DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. L-23083, MAY 30, 1972] DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES EMPLOYEES UNION (DBPEU-NATU), DELIA P. MEDINA, AS PRESIDENT DBPEU; AND NATIONAL TRADE UNION (NATU), DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-31159 DELFIN GARCIA, PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND SAN JUAN DE DIOS HOSPITAL, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-32076 FRANCISCO VISITACION, PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND RED V COCONUT PRODUCTS, LTD., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 22478 HEIRS OF FRANCISCO PARCO, PETITIONERS, VS. PETRA HAW PIA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-31174 MANUEL Y. MACIAS, PETITIONER AND APPELLANT, VS. UY KIM, ANDRES CO, NEMESIO G. CO, NICASIO G. CO, MANUEL SOSANTONG AND RELIABLE REALTY CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-30138 MUNICIPALITY OF LA CARLOTA, PETITIONER, VS. THE SPOUSES FELICIDAD BALTAZAR AND VICENTE GAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26630 PHILIPPINE RECONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, INC., PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. PABLO APARENTE, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L 34374 RUBEN TIBURCIO, BENJAMIN SAMSON, LUCIO CRUZ AND DANIEL SAN JOSE, PETITIONERS, VS. THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF MARIKINA, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, THE BOARD OF ELECTION TELLERS OF BARRIO BARANGKA, MARIKINA, RIZAL AND ALFONSO MENDOZA, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-21049 UNITED CENTRAL & CELLULOSE LABOR ASSOCIATION (PLUM), YBARRA TEVES, MOISES TAVITA, EPIFANIO EQUIO, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. JUDGE MACARIO P. SANTOS OF THE CFI OF NEGROS ORIENTAL; "ALLIED WORKERS' ASSOCIATION BAIS CHAPTER"; MARCIANO ABA; CENTRAL AZUCARERA DE BAIS; COMPAÑIA CELLULOSA DE FILIPINAS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-15579 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. LEOPOLDO LUNAR AND BIENVENIDO AUSTRIA, ACCUSED AND APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26796 BULAKEÑA RESTAURANT & CATERER AND/OR CONSUELO S. DE GARCIA, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND UNITED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-19342 LORENZO T. OÑA, AND HEIRS OF JULIA BUÑALES, NAMELY: RODOLFO B. OÑA, MARIANO B. OÑA, LUZ B. OÑA, VIRGINIA B. OÑA AND LORENZO B. OÑA, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-23569 NATIONAL SUGAR WORKERS UNION-PAFLU-NASWU-PAFLU, PETITIONER, VS. LA CARLOTA SUGAR CENTRAL, HON. EDUARDO ENRIQUEZ, AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, AND THE ASSOCIATED LABOR UNION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 613 ROMANA G. MATEOS, COMPLAINANT, VS. PRIMO C. WISCO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-34512 THE ACTING DIRECTOR OR OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, THE ACTING REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, REGION NO. 2 OF THE BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE ACTING STATION MANAGER, BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND ALL AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES ACTING IN THEIR BEHALF, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. MARIANO V. AGCAOILI, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH VII OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, AND REPUBLIC TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-29812 MANILA PORT SERVICE AND/OR MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, PETITIONERS, VS. FORTUNE INSURANCE & SURETY CO., INC. AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-27559 BERNABE LOPEZ (M.S.A. VI-1-35), MRS. GLORIA D. RAMA, ASSISTED BY HER HUSBAND FORTUNATO RAMA (M.S.A. VI-NEW), MELECIO CABIDO (M.S.A. NO. VI-1-167), SOTERO UBAL (M.S.A. NO. VI-1-2-10), MRS. FELISA VDA. DE BORJA (M.S.A. VI-1-NEW), JOSE ARQUIZAL (R.P.A. NEW), LEOPOLDO UBAL (M.S.A. VI-1-NEW), BIENVENIDO GENSIS (M.S.A. VI-1-NEW), ANGEL ALEONAR (R.P.A. NEW), MACARIO DE LOS REYES (R.P.A. NEW), DALMACIO DE LOS REYES (R.P.A. NEW), JULIAN ABING (R.P.A. NEW), FELIPE BANDE, (R.P.A. NEW), ANTONIO SABLE (R.P.A. NEW), ENRIQUE BASCON (R.P.A. NEW), J. PABALAYA (R.P.A. NEW), ROSARIO EDANO (R.P.A. NEW), PEDRO PICON (R.P.A. NEW), APOLONIO VILLAMALA (R.P.A. NEW), JUANITA GASIONG (R.P.A. NEW), GREGORIA DICHOSO (R.P.A. NEW), RODULFO BACANTI (R.P.A. NEW), TEODORO TABOGON (R.P.A. NEW), CARLOS BACULI (R.P.A. NEW), CRISANTO BACULI (R.P.A. NEW), BIBIANO CALMA (R.P.A. NEW), NICASIO PANSACALA, JR. (R.P.A. NEW), PONCIANO YNTONG (R.P.A. NEW), RESTITUTA CABUCAL (R.P.A. NEW), ANITA MARIQUIT (R.P.A. NEW), LUCIANO CABARRON (R.P.A. NEW), GREGORIO CANCANO (R.P.A. NEW), BENEDICTO ALPHABITE (R.P.A. NEW), ESTRELLA PETALCORIN (R.P.A. NEW), PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLANTS, VS. EMILIO & ALBERTO, BOTH SURNAMED PADILLA AS HEIRS OF THE LATE JUAN PADILLA; THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, BUREAU OF LANDS, MANILA; AND EDGAR WOOLBRIGHT, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33393 NELSON UNAL, HERMOGENES LUMANGLAS AND LEOPOLDO TRINIDAD, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE HONORABLE ENRIQUE AGANA, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF QUEZON (BRANCH III), RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 29019 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE), PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND CLEOFE R. AZAÑA, IN HER OWN BEHALF AND IN BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN, MANUEL AND ROGELIO, BOTH SURNAMED AZAÑA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26554 RIZAL SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. AMERICAN STEAMSHIP AGENCIES, INC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, CUSTOMS ARRASTRE SERVICE AND/OR BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 27430 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF ENG SIONG ONG ALIAS LORENZO ONG TO BE ADMITTED A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, ADELA YAP, PETITIONER AND APPELLEE, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, OPPOSITOR AND APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-21163 PASCUAL LIBUDAN, PETITIONER AND APPELLEE, VS. JOSE L. PALMA GIL, OPPOSITOR AND APPELLANT. [G.R. No. L-25495, MAY 17, 1972] PASCUAL LIBUDAN, SUBSTITUTED BY AWAD SAMAL, TAWANG SAMAL, INTOS SAMAL, DESTINO CORTES, TRINING CORTES & CAMAYAMA PACAY, APPLICANTS AND APPELLANTS, VS. HEIRS OF JOSE L. PALMA GIL, OPPOSITORS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 33484 INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE EMILIO AGUINALDO, CRISTINA AGUINALDO SUNTAY, PETITIONER AND APPELLANT, VS. EMILIO AGUINALDO, JR., AND HON. ALFREDO CATOLICO, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAVITE, BRANCH III, RESPONDENTS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-34334 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. MARIANO TIGULO AND PACIFICO VELASQUEZ, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS, CRISPULO S. ESGUERRA, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 26730 ANITA JAMELO, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, VS. FEDERICO SERFINO, DEFENDANT AND APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26287 CHAMPION AUTO SUPPLY CO., INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, IN ITS CAPACITY AS OPERATOR OF THE CUSTOMS ARRASTRE SERVICE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. L-32221-38 DOMINGO MUÑOZ, EMILIANO RETUYA, CIPRIANO VELASCO, FORTUNATO GARCIA, VICTOR RAMOS, ADRIANO BIAO, FELICIANO ORAYAON, RODRIGO RETUYA, ANTONIO AUSTRIA, ERNESTO MUÑOZ, FELICIANO DE PACINA, MODESTO AÑASCO, REGINO BIAO, GENARO AÑASCO, FELIX VISPERAS, LEONARDO PERALTA, JOSE VISPERAS, AND JUAN DOMINGO, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. AGUSTIN C. BAGASAO, JUDGE, COURT OF AGRARIAN RELATIONS, THIRD REGIONAL DISTRICT, BRANCH I, LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN, THE COURT OF APPEALS AND JUAN T. BAUN, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-27075 EASTERN PLYWOOD CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVEVUE, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29157 FAUSTINO LUCAS; EULALIO ROSENDO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, MERCEDES DE GUZMAN; MAMERTA DIZON, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND ESTEBAN FULGENCIO; PACITA DIZON, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND, AGAPITO CRUZ; JOVITA DIZON, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND AURELIO PUNZALAN; JALIGUE DIZON; ELVIRA DIZON, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND, RUBEN ROA; MERCEDES DIZON, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND PABLO FRANCISCO; NARCISO DIZON; JULIA DIZON, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND RICARDO JACINTO; CONCORDIA DIZON, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND SILVESTRE EUSEBIO; BARTOLOME DIZON, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE LITA APOSTOL; ISAIAS ONGJANGCO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE JOVITA ROSENDO; LAUREANO ROSENDO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE PRISCILA VALENZUELA; ALBERTO ROSENDO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE FLORENCIA DIONISIO; MARIO HERNANDEZ, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE ASUNCION ROSENDO; GERARDO QUIRO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE ROSARIO ROSENDO; AMADO GARCIA, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE NATIVIDAD LUCAS; BALBINO CUSTODIO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, EUFRACIA LUCAS; CONSTANTE TEODORO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE ROMERO LUCAS; ELISEO QUIMSON, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE CRISTINA ROQUE; AND VICTOR ACAB, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE VENERANDA LUCAS, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE HERMINIO C. MARIANO, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL; RUFINO MANOTOK; PACIFICO C. GARCIA, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE SALVADORA G. GARCIA; CIRILO G. GONZALES, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE LUISA MUñOZ GONZALES; FIDELA MANOTOK, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND ANTONIO MUñOZ; PABLO BAIRAN, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, LAUREANA C. DE BAIRAN; RAFAEL IBOLEON, JR., ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, NILDA M. IBOLEON; CHUA BENG SEH; SANTIAGO GO (ALIAS JAO GO KIM CHU); BARTOLOME RIVERA; ELEUTERIA RIVERA, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND HERMOGENES BONIFACIO; THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF RIZAL, OR ANY OF HIS DEPUTIES; PELAGIA R. ANGELES, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND MAGDALENE BENEDICTO; VENANCIO R. ANGELES, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE VICTORIA PEREZ; FELIPE R. ANGELES, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE GREGORIA BAETIONG; MODESTA R. ANGELES, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND ARSENIO CUADRA; FIDELA R. ANGELES; JOSEFA R. AQUINO, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND LEONCIO CAINA; GREGORIO R. AQUINO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE CARMEN DELOPIO; ROSAURO R. AQUINO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE MARIA TOLENTINO; PEDRO BANOS, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE MARIA PARDO Y VARELA; MARIA ROSELIO ALENAR VDA. DE VIDAL; CONCEPCION VIDAL, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND SIMEON HERGUELA; MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION VIDAL; AND MANILA BANKING CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 104 GERONIMO B. ZALDIVAR, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. NUMERIANO ESTENZO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-34082 HI CEMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. PRICE CONTROL COUNCIL, THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-29580 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF MACARIO YU TO BE ADMITTED A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, MACARIO YU, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, OPPOSITOR-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 230- JESUS C. BANAWA, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. FERNANDO BARTOLOME, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 23096 MARTIN NERY AND LEONCIA L. DE LEON, PETITIONERS, VS. ROSARIO, ALFREDO, MARIANO, PACIFICO, ONOFRE, TEOFILO, LOLOY AND TRINIDAD, ALL SURNAMED LORENZO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. L-23376, APRIL 27, 1972] DIONISIO, PERFECTO, MARIA REBECCA, ASUNCION, MAURO AND LOURDES, ALL SURNAMED LORENZO, PETITIONERS, VS. MARTIN NERY AND LEONCIA L. DE LEON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29340 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. DEMETRIO SALES, ACCUSED AND APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-18956 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARSMAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND/OR F.H. BURGESS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS LIQUIDATOR OF THE MARSMAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 24968 SAURA IMPORT & EXPORT CO., INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26668 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. ALEJANDRO DIMANA, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-30612 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. BONIFACIO ALISON, JUANITO ALERTA, ENRICO CABATINGAN, AQUINO ALVAREZ, PABLO MENDOZA, ROMULO CABATINGAN AND PEDRO GALOPO, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. IN RE BONIFACIO ALISON (DECEASED). R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-28405 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. IRENEO URRO, GUILLERMO DE LA CERNA, ELADIO DIANA AND MEDRICO ARINASA, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 173- VICENTA A. CANLAS, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. VALERIANO DEL VALLE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33095 MERCEDES T. SONORA, JESUS T. SONORA, TRINIDAD T. SONORA, AND THE HEIRS OF JUAN T. SONORA, PETITIONERS, VS. FRANCISCO A. TONGOY, FOR HIMSELF AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LUIS D. TONGOY, MA. ROSARIO A. VDA DE TONGOY, AND THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29819 CHAMBER OF FILIPINO RETAILERS, INC., NATIONAL MARKET VENDORS ASSOCIATION, INC., AMBROSIO ILAO, AND CRISPIN DE GUZMAN, PETITIONERS AND APPELLANTS, VS. HON. ANTONIO J. VILLEGAS, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MANILA, CITY TREASURER AND THE CITY OF MANILA, RESPONDENTS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. L-30632-33 CALTEX FILIPINO MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, CALTEX (PHILIPPINES) INC., W.E. MENEFEE AND B.F. EDWARDS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 33355 FRANCISCO BELLEZA, LAURO BOTONES, ANATALIO BOTONES, EXEQUIEL MULI, MAXIMINO CRUZ, FELIPE PAMINTUAN, RAFAEL MACASPAC, GREGORIO MULI, FRANCISCO CRUZ, ROBERTO BACANI, AURELIO CRUZ, RICARDO DATU, JUAN GARCIA, LEONARDO LALIC, ARMANDO LALIC, EMILIO DAMPIL, MAXIMO BELLEZA, NICOLAS DATU, JUAN AQUINO, AND GREGORIO AGUSTOZA, PETITIONERS, VS. DIMSON FARMS, INC., AND JUDGE ANDRES C. AGUILAR, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE, 5TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, 2ND BRANCH, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 814 IN RE COMPLAINT OF TERESITA MERCADO, PETITIONER, VS. ALMARIO T. AMADOR, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-24245 LEONOR FARRALES, ASSISTED BY HER HUSBAND, EMILIO FARRALES, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, VS. THE CITY MAYOR OF BAGUIO, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE MARKET SUPERINTENDENT AND THE CITY TREASURER, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-31209 MARC DONNELLY, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA AND RODOLFO VILLAVICENCIO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N