Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1972
- G.R. No. 26112 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, MIGUEL TOLENTINO, SR., ZOILA DE CHAVEZ, DEOGRACIAS MERCADO, MARIANO PANTOJA, GUILLERMO MERCADO, AGAPITO REYES, ISIDRO BESAS, LEONA LACHICA, ELENO MACALINDONG, DIONISIO MACALINDONG, DOROTEO SARA, JOAQUIN CAUNCERAN, VIRGILIO AGUILAR, FELIX DUMAN, PIO BACULI, ANTERO APOLINAR, FLAVIANO CURZADO, ROSENDO IBAÑEZ, ARCADIO GONZALES, FELIX BORJA AND BLAS BASCO, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. JAIME DE LOS ANGELES, JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BATANGAS, BRANCH III, BALAYAN, BATANGAS; AYALA Y CIA, AND/OR HACIENDA CALATAGAN AND ALFONSO ZOBEL, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-25755 SUPREME INVESTMENT CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26971 THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE GAUDENCIO CLORIBEL AND BANCO FILIPINO, SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29189 VICTOR D. MENDOZA, PETITIONER AND APPELLEE, VS. SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION AND FLORENCIO N. ONGKINGCO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, RESPONDENTS AND APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-34427 ZAFIRO RESPICIO, PETITIONER, VS. HON. VICENTE N. CUSI, JR., AS PRESIDING JUDGE, CFI OF DAVAO, BRANCH I, AND FRANCISCO TESORERO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-34128 ABDON LAGMAN, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, AND HON. HONORIO ROMERO, AS PRESIDING JUDGE, CFI-PAMPANGA, BR. III, RUSTICO TOBIAS, AS DEPUTY SHERIFF OF PAMPANGA, ISAAC CERVANTES, ENGRACIA CERVANTES, AND RUFINO CERVANTES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 226- BALDOMERO P. MESO, COMPLAINANT, VS. HONORABLE PLACIDO-REYES-ROA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-24729 BOBOK LUMBER JACK ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. BENGUET CONSOLIDATED, INCORPORATED, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, BCI EMPLOYEES WORKERS UNION-PAFLU, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. L-28739 & DAVAO LIGHT & POWER CO., INC., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND COURT OF TAX APPEALS, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-25579 EMILIA T. BIAGTAN, JUAN T. BIAGTAN, JR., MIGUEL T. BIAGTAN, GIL T. BIAGTAN AND GRACIA T. BIAGTAN, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, VS. THE INSULAR LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33928 EMILIO L. GALANG, PETITIONER, VS. THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND JUANITA A. VDA. DE MANLIGAS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 157- ESPIRIDION CUTANDA & IRENEO EVANGELISTA, COMPLAINANTS, VS. HON. VICTORINO C. TELERON, RESPONDENT. [ADM. CASE NO. 162-J. MARCH 29, 1972] SULPICIO A. TINAMPAY, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. VICTORINO C. TELERON, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 738 FLORA BAGUISA & RUFINO BAGUISA, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ALEJANDRO A. DE GUZMAN, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29824 GABRIEL DE GUIA, PETITIONER, VS. THE AUDITOR GENERAL & THE PROVINCIAL AUDITOR OF NORTHERN SAMAR, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-25071 GEORGE W. BATCHELDER, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE BATCHELDER EQUIPMENT, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29831 GUILLERMO VIACRUCIS, LUISA DE VIACRUCIS, CLAROS MARQUEZ, AND RUSTICA AREVALO MARQUEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, ANASTACIO ORAIS AND CELESTINA MALAZARTE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-30860 HERMINIA MANIO, DOMINGA GUEVARRA, MATILDE GUEVARRA, JOSE GUEVARRA, ABELARDO GUEVARRA, GLORIA GUEVARRA, AND ZENAIDA GUEVARRA, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, VS. THE HON. CEFERINO GADDI, JUDGE OF THE CFI OF PAMPANGA, BRANCH IV, ANGELES CITY, LUIS BALANZA, FRANCISCO BALANZA, RUSTICA BALANZA, ALBERTO DAVID, AND DOROTEA DAVID, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 946 MARCELINO O. PADILLA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. BERNARDINO GUERRERO, ATTY. MANUEL R. GUERRERO, ATTY. GIL R. VERGARA AND ATTY. TERESITA C. VERGARA, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-28027 MARY A. MARSMAN, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, VS. LEOPOLDO M. SYQUIA, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-27456 PEDRO FORRES, JR., PEDRO NARIO, PEDRO TORRES, SR., ALFREDO DE LA ROSA, SERVILLANO ALBERTO, CESAR MENDOZA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MUNICIPAL MAYOR OF ALCALA, PANGASINAN, AND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF ALCALA, PANGASINAN, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, VS. FRANCISCO Q. DUQUE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OF PANGASINAN, ALFREDO LICOS, FRANCISCO ESTRADA, ELADIO BAUTISTA, FELIPA C. CHAN, HILARIO CABOTAJE AND ALBERTO TORRES, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26194 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. AMANDO IMPERIO AND EUGENIO IMPERIO, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-30320 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE), PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND ERLINDA L. DOYON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29123 SY CHNG, PETITIONER-APPELLEE, VS. GAW LIU, RESPONDENT-REGISTRANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29393 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF, VS. VALERIANO RAGAS, JESUS GAVIOLA BAROLA & ESTEBAN QUILAPIO ALIAS GREGORIO SALAS, DEFENDANTS, VALERIANO RAGAS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29742 VICENTE YU, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. EMILIO MAPAYO, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-34022 MANUEL MARTINEZ Y FESTIN, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE JESUS P. MORFE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, AND THE CITY WARDEN OF MANILA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. Nos. L-34046-7, MARCH 24, 1972] FERNANDO BAUTISTA, SR., PETITIONER, VS. HON. FRANCISCO MA. CHANCO, PRESIDING JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BAGUIO AND BENGUET, SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, BRANCH III, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-25914 PALAWAN AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CO., INC., APPLICANT-APPELLANT, VS. DIRECTOR OF LANDS, OPPOSITOR-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-28866 FE DE JOYA LANDICHO, IN HER OWN BEHALF AND AS JUDICIAL GUARDIAN OF HER MINOR CHILDREN, RAFAEL J. LANDICHO AND MA. LOURDES EUGENIA LANDICHO, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, VS. GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-34052 SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, PERSONNEL OFFICER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE CASHIER, FINANCE SCHOOL DIVISION, AND LILIA T. AREVALO, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. MAGNO S. GATMAITAN, ARSENIO F. SOLIDUM AND GUILLERMO S. SANTOS, AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS (SPECIAL 5TH DIVISION), AND ALBERTO S. FERRER, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-28147 [ G.R. No. L-28147. February 29, 1972 ]
- G.R. No. L-29321 [ G.R. No. L-29321. February 29, 1972 ]
- G.R. No. L-29557 ALFREDO D. TALOSIG, PETITIONER, VS. JULIANA PULANCO VDA. DE NIEBA, THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-28172 APRONIANO CANO, INOCENTE CANO, ANTERO CANO TELESFORO CANO, CAMILA CANO, HEIRS OF EUSEBIO CANO, NAMELY, JUAN CANO, NEMINISIO CANO, DESIDERIO CANO, SEGUNDINO CANO, PONCIANO CANO, GABINO CANO, CONSORCIA CANO, IGNACIO CANO, AND DALMACIO UNOD, BASILIO CANO, MAXIMO CANO, FERNANDO CANO, NARCISA CANO, ELEUTERIA CANO, AND ALBERTO CANO, PETITIONERS, VS. JUANA SANCHEZ DE CAMACHO, MERCEDES S. CAMACHO, MARIA ESTELA C. MANLIGUES, HERMINA C. FUENTES, MARDONIA S. CAMACHO, EUSTOLIA C. MARAMARA, SOFRONIA S. CAMACHO, ESTANISLAO S. CAMACHO, FERNANDO S. CAMACHO AND NINO S. CAMACHO, AND FE MILAN, AND CORNELIO TENACIO, AS GUARDIAN AD-LITEM OF THE MINORS: TERESITA MILAN, CECILIA MILAN, NORMA MILAN, LOURDES MILAN, REMEDIOS TENACO, ROSARIO TENACO, AND BERNARDITA TENACO, AND THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29492 BATAAN HARDWOOD CORPORATION, ET AL., PETITIONERS, VS. DY PAC & CO. INC. AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29504 COMPANIA MARITIMA, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. COMPANIA MARITIMA LABOR UNION AND THE COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. [G.R. No. L-29548, FEBRUARY 29, 1972] GENERAL MARITIME STEVEDORES' UNION, PETITIONER, VS. COMPANIA MARITIMA LABOR UNION AND THE COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-34161 EUGENE A. TAN, SILVESTRE J. ACEJAS AND ROGELIO V. FERNANDEZ, ON THEIR BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONERS, VS. DIOSDADO P. MACAPAGAL, ON HIS BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER DELEGATES TO THE 1971 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- Adm. Case No. 596 FIDEL SANTOS, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. EDUARDO V. VILLAFUERTE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 32682 FORTUNATO TUASON, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGE FERNANDO A. CRUZ, LEONOR LIMOS AND REGISTER OF DEEDS OF RIZAL (NOW CALOOCAN CITY), RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-32979-81 NAPOLEON DECHOCO, PETITIONER, VS. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, PHILIPPINE AIR LINES, INC., FILIPINAS ORIENT AIRWAYS, INC., AND AIR MANILA, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29836 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE JUDGE SIXTO A. DOMONDON, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PANGASINAN, SAN CARLOS CITY (PANGASINAN) BRANCH, FILOMENA GABRIEL, JOSE C. ARENAS, AND ESTELA MACAM-NICANOR, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29669 PHILEX MINING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. LUZ M. ZALDIVIA AND THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-27728 PHILIPPINE UNITED SALES COMPANY AND ANTONIO TIOCO, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. SIMEON M. GOPENGCO, AS PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH XXV, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, R & B SURETY & INSURANCE CO., INC., RURAL POWER CORPORATION, EUSEBIO E. FERRER, AND LOURDES SISON FERRER, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. L-28075, FEBRUARY 29, 1972] R & B SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANTONIO CO, ETC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. PHILIPPINE UNITED SALES COMPANY AND ANTONIO TIOCO, THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, VS. RURAL POWER CORPORATION, EUSEBIO E. FERRER AND LOURDES SISON FERRER, THIRD-PARTY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-28589 RAFAEL ZULUETA, ET AL., PLAINTIFF-APPELLEES, VS. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26473 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. PAL-FOX LUMBER CO., INC. & FAR EASTERN SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., DEFENDANTS, FAR EASTERN SURETY & INSURANCE CO., INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT; FAR EASTERN SURETY & INSURANCE CO., INC., THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. GASPAR PALANCA & JOSEPH LEE, THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 24387 RICARDO P. GOROSPE, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. ARTURO PADUA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MUNICIPAL MAYOR, JOHNNY DAPIAOEN, VICE-MAYOR, IGNACIO MADRIAGA, ROMANA ANNAGUEY, BENJAMIN FLORES, BENEDICTO QUENIT, DAVID ESTEBAN AND CLAUDIO ADAN, MUNICIPAL COUNCILORS, SISON, PANGASINAN, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 31566 ROGELIO O. TIGLAO, PETITIONER, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, CORNELIO SANGA AND BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF PAMPANGA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. L-31847, FEBRUARY 29, 1972] ROGELIO O. TIGLAO, PETITIONER, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, CORNELIO SANGA AND BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF PAMPANGA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. L-33105, FEBRUARY 29, 1972] BOARD OF INSPECTORS OF PRECINCT NO. 20, SAN LUIS, PAMPANGA; ROSARIO DAKIS, SEBASTIAN C. PALMA, ALEJANDRO MAUN, AND PEDRO TOLENTINO, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. MALCOLM G. SARMIENTO, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PAMPANGA, ROGELIO O. TIGLAO AND CORNELIO C. SANGA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26369 TERMINAL SHIPPING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUAN L. BOCAR, AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, AND THE REPARATIONS COMMISSION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-31260 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ALFREDO CATOLICO, DISTRICT JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAVITE, BRANCH III, RENATO HORTAL, ALIAS RENE, AND FELIPE CRUZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-24526 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. BONIFACIO FLORES AND BENJAMIN RINGOR, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-28748 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CHARLES ANGCAP, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N