Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1973
- G.R. No. 27455 ANA GONZAGA, SERVILLANO IGNACIO AND ANASTACIA SAN JUAN, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, BONIFACIO EVANGELISTA, JOSE EVANGELISTA CHUA, PAULINO EVANGELISTA, PEDRO TRINIDAD, FORTUNATA TRINIDAD, RUPERTA DE ROSAS, ANASTACIA DE ROSAS, PATRICIA EVANGELISTA, AND JUANA EVANGELISTA, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 961 CIRILO AND CLARITA BALIGASA, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. HIMINIANO D. SILVA, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 31684 EVANGELISTA & CO., DOMINGO C. EVANGELISTA, JR., CONCHITA B. NAVARRO AND LEONARDA ATIENZA ABAD SANTOS, PETITIONERS, VS. ESTRELLA ABAD SANTOS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35867 FRANCISCO R. ACHACOSO, IN HIS OWN BEHALF AND IN BEHALF OF CAPITAL INSURANCE & SURETY CO., INC., PETITIONERS, VS. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, COTRAM, S.A., CAPITAL LIFE ASSURANCE CORP., AND JOAQUIN G. GARRIDO, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 30427 ROSENDO M. MANLAPAT, PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND REYNALDO PADELARA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29508 ARTEX DEVELOPMENT CO., INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WELLINGTON INSURANCE CO., INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26356 CARLOS SALIWAN AND IGMIDIO SALIWAN, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, VS. ANTONIO AMORES (CALIWAN) AND FRANCISCA CALIWAN, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. L-35612-14 NORBERTO MENDOZA, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF QUEZON, NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, GUMACA BRANCH, PRESIDED OVER BY THE HONORABLE JUAN MONTECILLO, AND THE PROVINCIAL WARDEN OF QUEZON PROVINCE, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 27299 QUIRICO DEL MAR, PETITIONER-APPELLEE, VS. THE PHILIPPINE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-36210 MODESTO GAMARA, PETITIONER, VS. HON. GABRIEL VALERO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF LAGUNA, BRANCH II, HON. DELFIN F. CRUZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS ACTG. PROVINCIAL FISCAL OF LAGUNA, MILITARY TRIBUNAL WHICH MAY BE CREATED BY THE CHIEF OF STAFF, ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, ETC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-30137 PHILNABANK EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (PEMA)-ABUP-COLU, PETITIONERS, VS. AUDITOR GENERAL AND PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-32047 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. INOCENCIO BUSA ALIAS INO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-34447 TEOFILO GUIALA, PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, PEOPLE'S HOMESITE & HOUSING CORPORATION, ROSA HIZON AND DOMINADOR HIZON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33821 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FEDERICO SILVESTRE ALIAS BOY DE GUZMAN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-30005 AMADOR E. GOMEZ, PETITIONER, VS. JOSE S. AMADORA, AS CITY FISCAL OF CEBU CITY, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-34709 CONSUELO B. SISON, PETITIONER, VS. MARINO GATCHALIAN, NATIVIDAD GATCHALIAN, AND THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-24252 IN RE PETITION TO DECLARE ZITA NGO TO POSSESS ALL QUALIFICATIONS AND NONE OF THE DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR NATURALIZATION UNDER COMMONWEALTH ACT 473 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CANCELLING HER ALIEN REGISTRY WITH THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION. ZITA NGO BURCA, PETITIONER-APPELLEE, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, OPPOSITOR-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-31195 PHILIPPINE BLOOMING MILLS EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION, NICANOR TOLENTINO, FLORENCIO PADRIGANO, RUFINO ROXAS, MARIANO DE LEON, ASENCION PACIENTE, BONIFACIO VACUNA, BENJAMIN PAGCU AND RODULFO MUNSOD, PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIPPINE BLOOMING MILLS CO., INC. AND COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29745 MERCEDES M. TEAGUE, PETITIONER, VS. ELENA FERNANDEZ, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 246- ALBERTO C. IGNACIO, COMPLAINANT, VS. HONORABLE PEDRO C. NAVARRO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- Adm. Case No. 280- EDUARDO CATE AND ROSA REYEL-CATE, COMPLAINANTS, VS. HON. JOSE P. ALEJANDRO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 31493 JOSE CABAUATAN, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ISABELA, CHUA SUYA, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-24186 MODESTO T. FLORES, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE MARY MCDONALD BACHRACH, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF TAX APPEALS AND THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-29441 PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF BULACAN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ARSENIO REYES AND ROSARIO J. MARIANO, DEFENDANTS, ARSENIO REYES, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-31727 ASSOCIATED LABOR UNION, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND GOODYEAR TEXTILE MFG. CO., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33406 FORTUNATA MELGAR, MARRIED TO GREGORIO PARRA, PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES LILIA MELGAR AND LORENZO DEMA-ALA, AND HON. CASTRENSE C. VELOSO AS JUDGE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ILOILO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35702 DOMINGO D. RUBIAS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. ISAIAS BATILLER, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-22571 JOSEFINA VALDEZ, JAIME VALDEZ, ROGELIO ALMONTE, RAQUEL ALMONTE AND RAUL ALMONTE, THE LATTER TWO MINORS, REPRESENTED IN THIS ACTION BY THEIR FATHER, FRANCISCO ALMONTE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, VS. TEOFILA OLORGA, BY HERSELF AND IN REPRESENTATION OF MINOR CARMEN VALDEZ AND RENATO OLORGA, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33508 LEON UMALE, PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE ONOFRE VILLALUZ, HONORABLE BENJAMIN AQUINO, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, EDUARDO FELICIANO, ANTONIO DAVID, CECILIO CHICO, BENJAMIN ESCANDOR, ROLANDO SAMSON, AND ALFONSO CO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-30370 PEDRO ADUCAYEN, PETITIONER, VS. HON. DELFIN V. FLORES, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH XI, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, HON. DAVID C. CONCEPCION, AS MUNICIPAL JUDGE OF MAKATI, RIZAL, AND REGAL SALES CENTER, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35243 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CONSALDO VICENTE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, ROMEO P. RILLERA AND BRAULIO D. YARANON, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. Nos. L-21604-5-6 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. TOMAS LLAMERA, GERARDO LLAMERA, COLETO LLAMERA, AND RUBENCIO LLORCA, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35254 THE PHILIPPINE AMERICAN MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC. AND PHILIPPINE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, PETITIONERS, VS. THE PHILIPPINE AMERICAN MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (PAMEA-FFW) AND COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-36840 PEOPLE'S CAR, INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. COMMANDO SECURITY SERVICE AGENCY, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-32785 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALFREDO HERILA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35356 ONG CHING, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JOSE R. RAMOLETE, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CEBU, THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF CEBU, JOSE JAYME, ROSARIO J. SOCO, ADRIANO SOCO, CARMEN J. PEREZ, FULGENCIO M. PEREZ, TRINIDAD J. LUMAPAS, LUPECINO LUMAPAS, CORAZON J. TRUZ, MATILDE J. YBAÑEZ, AND DOMINGO YBAÑEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-36088 CORAZON ORTALIS, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-31945 BENITO SANOY, NORMA LO RUFIN (ASSISTED BY LEODEGARIO RUFIN) LUISA M. MALAZARTE (ASSISTED BY RAYMUNDO MALAZARTE), FRANCISCO KIAMKO, ALBERTO MARIVELES, MAURO ENOLPE, RENERIO DE LA CERNA, RAYMUNDO BAYNO, DOMINGO CAMINADE, JR., EMILIANO BACALSO, SIMEON DABLO, JOSEFA SABELLANO, MARTIN VITERBO, AND PROSERFINA MASAYON, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, VS. FRANCISCO S. TANTUICO, JR., JUDGE OF THE CEBU COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE, BRANCH VI; ACTING CITY MAYOR OF CEBU EULOGIO E. BORRES; CITY OF CEBU; CITY COUNCIL OF CEBU; CEBU CITY TREASURER; AND CEBU CITY AUDITOR, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 33426 CESAR VIRATA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF FINANCE; ROLANDO G. GEOTINA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS; AND DOMINADOR GANGOSO, ALEJANDRO F. DIZON, ARTURO LEAÑO AND FLORENCIO R. DOMINGO, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CAPACITIES AS CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE ARRASTRE SERVICE BIDDING COMMITTEE, PETITIONERS, VS. JUAN L. BOCAR, IN HIS CAPACITY AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, BRANCH XVI, AND E. RAZON, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 34820 CONSOLACION DIZON, PETITIONER, VS. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND JUANITA RODRIGUEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29895 GENERAL INSURANCE AND SURETY CORPORATION, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 27136 HEIRS OF JOSE A. ARCHES, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, VS. MARIA B. VDA. DE DIAZ, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 794 PERLA PAO, ASSISTED BY HER MOTHER EMERENCIANA V. CUNANAN, COMPLAINANT, VS. JESUS S. SILO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-35353 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ELPIDIO MARTINEZ, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29936 ARSENIO REYES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. OSCAR DE LOS SANTOS AND AURORA T. INGALLA, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-36410 FELIX FERRER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ABRAHAM MANGENTE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29827 ANTONIO J. VILLEGAS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CITY MAYOR OF MANILA, PETITIONER, VS. JUAN PONCE ENRILE, JOSE L. GAMBOA, ABELARDO SUBIDO, HUGODINO COSIN LIM, AND HERMOGENES DIEGO, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CAPACITIES AS SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, ACTING CITY FISCAL OF MANILA, COMMISSIONER OF CIVIL SERVICE, CITY AUDITOR OF MANILA AND ACTING CITY TREASURER OF MANILA, AND PATROCINIA C. GASPAR, BRIGIDA B. VERGARA, CONRADO AZARRAGA, EMILIA QUERI, MANUEL L. ASIS AND GLORIA ALCAIDE, WHO WERE APPOINTED BY RESPONDENT SECRETARY OF JUSTICE TO THE CITY FISCAL'S OFFICE AFTER JANUARY 1, 1968 AND OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-27958 G.A. MACHINERIES, INC., PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. FERNANDO JANUTO, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 36142 JOSUE JAVELLANA, PETITIONER, VS. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE AND THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-36164.] VIDAL TAN, J. ANTONIO ARANETA, ALEJANDRO ROCES, MANUEL CRUDO, ANTONIO U. MIRANDA, EMILIO DE PERALTA AND LORENZO M. TAÑADA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE, THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, THE SECRETARY OF LAND REFORM, THE SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, THE AUDITOR GENERAL, THE BUDGET COMMISSIONER, THE CHAIRMAN OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON REORGANIZATION, THE TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND THE COMMISSIONER OF CIVIL SERVICE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-36165.] GERARDO ROXAS, AMBROSIO PADILLA, JOVITO R. SALONGA, SALVADOR H. LAUREL, RAMON V. MITRA, JR. AND EVA ESTRADA-KALAW, PETITIONERS, VS. ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, IN HIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; JUAN PONCE ENRILE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE; GENERAL ROMEO ESPINO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES; CONSTANCIO E. CASTAÑEDA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF GENERAL SERVICES; SENATOR GIL J. PUYAT, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE; AND SENATOR JOSE ROY, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-36236.] EDDIE B. MONTECLARO, [PERSONALLY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB OF THE PHIIIPPINES], PETITIONER, VS. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, THE AUDITOR GENERAL, THE BUDGET COMMISSIONER & THE NATIONAL TREASURER, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-36283.] NAPOLEON V. DILAG, ALFREDO SALAPANTAN, JR., LEONARDO ASODISEN, JR., AND RAUL M. GONZALEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, THE HONORABLE BUDGET COMMISSIONER, THE HONORABLE AUDITOR GENERAL, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. Nos. 34756-59 MANUEL MATEO, JR., ROBERTO MARTINEZ ALIAS RUBEN MARTINEZ, ENRIQUE CONCEPCION AND ESMERALDO CRUZ, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. ONOFRE VILLALUZ, AS JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT CRIMINAL COURT, SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N