Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1975
- G.R. No. 37123 MANUEL R. L. LUNA, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, GERARDO G. CAPATI AND ARACELI ADRIATICO LUNA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-22735 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. PACIFIC EXCHANGE CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 37296 RUFINO TAROMA AND CAYETANA GASIDAN, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. MARCELINO N. SAYO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH IV (BATAC) OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ILOCOS NORTE, AND INOCENCIO CRISOSTOMO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 39350 CENONA OLEGO, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ALFREDO REBUENO, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAMARINES SUR, BRANCH IV AND ATTY. PEDRO SERVANO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R No. L-30810 ITT PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND ERDULFO C. BOISER, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 40377 JUAN DE LEON, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE AGAPITO HONTANOSAS, PRESIDING JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CEBU, BRANCH XI; WILLIAM DE LEON AND ROSE MARIE DE LEON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-25711 VICENTE LAT, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, VS. PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CO., INC., H.E. PRATTE AND FELICIANO M. ARMILDEZ, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-23992 CIPRIANO BACATAN AND ADORACION BACATAN, PETITIONERS, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND RIZALINA VDA. DE IRLANDEZ, IN HER OWN BEHALF AND IN BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD, JOCELYN, SURNAMED IRLANDEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29356 DAVAO FREE WORKERS FRONT AND/OR VICENTE R. VILLARIN, JOSEFINO ALPAS, MIGUEL NAVALES, ROMEO PALLAR, FLORENTINO HATAMOSA, BONIFACIO PIONSO, FRANCISCO DUJALE, LAURO OCTOT, LORENZO LALAGUNA, TEOFILO SANCHEZ AND PEPE CORPORAL, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 7-UP BOTTLING COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES, SANTIAGO SYJUCO, JR., 7-UP BOTTLING COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES (DAVAO BRANCH), GUILLERMO S. SANCHEZ, ALEXANDER VEGA, ROBERT M. PEREZ, ZOILO BONCAN AND GREGORIO DIVINO, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- Adm. Case No. 1056 SATURNINO S. MONZON, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ARSENIO R. REYES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Matter No. 378- FELIZARDO SORIANO, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE ALFREDO C. MABBAYAD, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-40336 LAMBERTO V. TORRIJOS, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-21426 ANG NGO CHIONG, SZE SOOK YUEN ALIAS SY SIOK GAN, ANG UN BON AND ANG CHO SIT, THE LAST TWO HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ANG NGO CHIONG, PETITIONERS-APPELLEES, VS. EMILIO GALANG, IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Matter No. 467- ARACELI F. GAMAT, COMPLAINANT, VS. NICANOR J. CRUZ, JR., MUN. JUDGE OF PARAÑAQUE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-41405 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE HABEAS CORPUS OF SHERYL LIM. LUISA CHUA LIM, PETITIONER, VS. SOA PIN LIM AND NONITA MACARIO, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 29987 MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. MISAEL P. VERA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. [NO. L-23847. OCTOBER 22, 1975] MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. BENJAMIN N. TABIOS, AS COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 33300 NATIVIDAD T. RAMIREZ, NIÑO T. RAMIREZ, LOURDES U. RAMIREZ, EDWIN U. RAMIREZ, RODOLFO U. RAMIREZ, PAULINA U. RAMIREZ AND HON. JUDGE VICTORINO C. TELERON OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BOHOL, BRANCH III, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS AND THE SHELL COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES, LTD., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26508 PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF FREE LABOR UNIONS (PAFLU), MANLAPAZ PUBLISHING EMPLOYEES UNION (PAFLU), EFREN VILLAROSA, VICENTE MAULLON, EDGARDO VELASCO, MAXIMA ADRICULA AND JOSE DIAZ, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. WALFRIDO DE LOS ANGELES, AND MANLAPAZ PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-37229 HEIRS OF CEFERINO MORALES, REPRESENTED BY MARCELINA SALVADOR VDA. DE MORALES, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, PURITA MORALES, FLORO MORALES, EUSTAQUIO MORALES, ENRIQUETA MORALES, GORGONIA MORALES, NARCISO MORALES, PRESENTACION MORALES, SANTIAGO MORALES, CLARA BUSTAMANTE, SOFIA BUSTAMANTE, VICTOR PALMA GIL, JOSEFINA PALMA GIL AND ENCARNACION LOGAÑO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-40495-96 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (BUREAU OF FORESTRY), PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, TOMAS CARAG, ANTONIA BACULING, MUVIEL B. CARAG AND DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES (ISABELA BRANCH), RESPONDENTS, AND ANTONIO LACERNA, MARGARITA TAGUBA AND PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK (APARRI BRANCH), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 38377 CAPT. CONRADO M. CABAGUI, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DIVISION, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS, EUGENIO M. MILLADO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-26803 AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, CARNATION COMPANY, CURTISS CANDY COMPANY, CUDAHY PACKING CO., CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., INC., CANNON MILLS COMPANY, FORMICA CORPORATION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, INTERNATIONAL LATEX CORPORATION, KAYSER-ROTH CORPORATION, M & R DIETETIC LABORATORIES, INC., OLIN MATHIESON, PARFUM CIRO, INC., PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, PROCTER & GAMBLE PHILIPPINE MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, PARFUMS PORVIL DENTRIFICES DU DOCTEUR PIERRE REUNIS SOCIETE ANONYME, R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, SWIFT AND COMPANY, STERLING PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, THE CLOROX COMPANY, WARNER LAMBERT PHARMACEUTICALS COMPANY AND ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. THE DIRECTOR OF PATENTS, ATTYS. AMANDO L. MARQUEZ, TEOFILO P. VELASCO, RUSTICO A. CASIA AND HECTOR D. BUENALUZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-27566 HON. ANTONIO RAQUIZA, AS SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS; BALTAZAR AQUINO, AS COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, AND J. B. TAGORDA, AS DIVISION ENGINEER, 9TH ENGINEERING DIVISION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, PETITIONERS, VS. CITY OF MANILA, HON. ANTONIO VILLEGAS, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MANILA; LADISLAO J. TOLENTINO, AS CITY ENGINEER OF MANILA; AND HON. HILARION U. JARENCIO, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH XXIII OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 26330 GUACODS, INC., PETITIONER-APPELLEE, VS. ALBERTO R. DE JOYA, AS ACTING COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, AND RUFINO G. HECHANOVA, AS SECRETARY OF FINANCE, PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR-APPELLEES, E. RAZON, INC., PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR-APPELLEE, THE ASSOCIATED WORKERS' UNION, THE ASSOCIATED WATERFRONT SUPERVISORS' UNION, ARRASTRE SECURITY ASSOCIATION AND TERMINALS, INC., INTERVENORS-APPELLEES, INTERISLAND TERMINAL CORPORATION, INTERVENOR-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-21754 HILARIO DAVIDE, PETITIONER-APPELLEE, VS. HON. ALEJANDRO R. ROCES, BENIGNO ALDANA AND FRUCTUOSO YANSON, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 600- SOFRONIO G. BONJOC, COMPLAINANT, VS. MUN. JUDGE MARIANO C. TUPAS, BANSALAN, DAVAO DEL SUR, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-39739 BUENAVENTURA GUTIERREZ, JOSE GUTIERREZ, BENITO GUTIERREZ AND GRACIANO GUTIERREZ, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. ROMEO D. MAGAT, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PANGASINAN, BRANCH XI, RAMON D. ABAD, JOSEFINA ABAD Y VELASQUEZ, FELICIANO VELASQUEZ, IGNACIO D. ABAD, LINO ABAD, JR., JESUS ABAD, FRANCISCO ABAD, RUBEN ABAD AND AMPARO ABAD, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G. R. No. 30359 FAR EASTERN SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. VIRGINIA D. VDA. DE HERNANDEZ, JOSE ABEL, VICENTE SANTOS AND MATIAS COSTELO, DEFENDANTS, VIRGINIA D. VDA. DE HERNANDEZ, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G. R. No. L-20073 ISABELO SENORO, TEODORICO SENORO AND ESTELITO SENORO, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, VS. FRANCISCO LOBO, GILDA LOBO, SANTIAGO LOBO, SOCORRO SOLDEVILLA, ESPERIDION LOBO, AGRIPINA LABANSAWAN, JOSE LABANSAWAN, FELIPE LABANSAWAN, ZOILA LABANSAWAN, ERIBERTO INFANTE, FRANCISCO INFANTE AND JESUSA INFANTE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-20073 ISABELO SENORO, TEODORICO SENORO AND ESTELITO SENORO, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, VS. FRANCISCO LOBO, GILDA LOBO, SANTIAGO LOBO, SOCORRO SOLDEVILLA, ESPERIDION LOBO, AGRIPINA LABANSAWAN, JOSE LABANSAWAN, FELIPE LABANSAWAN, ZOILA LABANSAWAN, ERIBERTO INFANTE, FRANCISCO INFANTE AND JESUSA INFANTE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-40810 UNITED EMPLOYEES UNION OF GELMART INDUSTRIES PHILIPPINES (UEUGIP), PETITIONER, VS. HON. CARMELO NORIEL, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS; GEORGE A. EDUVALA, REPRESENTATION OFFICER, BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS; AND NATIONAL UNION OF GARMENTS, TEXTILE, CORDAGE AND ALLIED WORKERS OF THE PHILIPPINES (GATCORD), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A.M. No. 297- [ A.M. No. 297-MJ. September 30, 1975 ]
- G.R. No. L-24100 CECILIO PANALIGAN, MARCIAL FULINARA, JUAN RAMOS AND CRISANTO BATTAD, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, VS. JUDGE NICOLAS C. ADOLFO, FAUSTINO L. CAPATI AND ROSARIO M. CAP ATI, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-25600 HERMINIO A. ASTORGA, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE RICARDO C. PUNO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, AND ALFREDO R. GOMEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 35583 HON. GREGORIO G. PINEDA, PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH XXI, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, AND JOSE T. VICTORIA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS (SPECIAL SEVENTH DIVISION), EMMANUEL G. VICTORIA, IRENEA VICTORIA, LEOCADIA G. VICTORIA AND ELEONOR G. VICTORIA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-25962 MARTIRES ERENO COMPETITIONER, VS. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND VELASCO & CO., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 216- NONATO BARROSO, COMPLAINANT, VS. DISTRICT JUDGE ANDRES P. ARCHE, CFI, BRANCH II, BORONGAN, EASTERN SAMAR, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 39126 ONOFRE P. GUEVARA, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE SIMEON M. GOPENGCO, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, BRANCH XXV, AND CATALINO G. LUZANO, GREGORIO ABOY, FELICIANO A. RUBIO AND FLORENCIO TIRAD, PURPORTING TO BE THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF FREE LABOR UNIONS (PAFLU), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos.27860 & 27896 PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TESTATE ESTATE OF CHARLES NEWTON HODGES (SP. PROC. NO. 1672 OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ILOILO), PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE VENICIO ESCOLIN, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ILOILO, BRANCH II, AND AVELINA A. MAGNO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NOS. L-27936 & L-27937. SEPTEMBER 30, 1975] TESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE UNNIE JANE HODGES (SP. PROC. NO. 1307). TESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE CHARLES NEWTON HODGES (SP. PROC. NO. 1672) PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK, ADMINISTRATOR-APPELLANT, VS. LORENZO CARLES, JOSE PABLICO, ALFREDO CATEDRAL, SALVADOR GUZMAN, BELCESAR CAUSING, FLORENIA BARRIDO, PURIFICACION CORONADO, GRACIANO LUCERO, ARITEO THOMAS JAMIR, MELQUIADES BATISANAN, PEPITO IYULORES, ESPERIDION PARTISALA, WINIFREDO ESPADA, ROSARIO ALINGASA, ADELFA PREMAYLON, SANTIAGO PACAONSIS, AND AVELINA MAGNO, THE LAST AS ADMINISTRATRIX IN SP. PROC. NO. 1307, APPELLEES, WESTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC., MOVANT-APPELLEE. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-29455 REGAL AUTO WORKS, INC., PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND AUGUSTA HERNANDEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35644 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMISSION OF PARKS AND WILD LIFE, PETITIONER, VS. HON. RAFAEL DE LA CRUZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS JUDGE OF CFI CAMARINES SUR, NAGA CITY, BRANCH III, ELVIRA C. MEDUA AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS CAMARINES SUR, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 31083 URSULA FRANCISCO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. JULIAN RODRIGUEZ, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE, MONINA RODRIGUEZ, DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 27812 GUADALUPE GAYOS, RESTITUTO GAYOS, JOSE GAYOS, LETICIA GAYOS, JOSEFINA GAYOS, GREGORIO GAYOS, EMELITA GAYOS, AND ZENAIDA GAYOS, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, VS. SIMEONA GAYOS, VICTORIO GAYOS AND ELPIDIA GAYOS, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-39117 E. LIM & SONS MANUFACTURERS, INC., AND ANTONIA SUN LIM, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, E. LIM & SONS MANUFACTURERS, INC. WORKERS UNION, FELIXBERTO PAULE, MAXIMO LUNA, JR., IRINEO CACHERO, JR., RUBEN GATMAITAN, PRIMITIVO LAUDIT, ALFREDO LUNA, DIONISIO ABADON, JR., DIOSDADO PAULE, ROBERTO BINONGCAL, GERARDO CAGUIN, ALFONSO DEVEZA, FORTUNATO TOLENTINO, ROGELIO BALTAZAR, ANATALIO BAROT, LORENZO BAROT, JR., FELIPE TEODORICO, ROMEO PENUELO, LINO YOSA, DOMINGO TOLENTINO, ROLANDO PENUELO, RAMON PENUELO, AND REY RAMOS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35001 JUAN R. ISBERTO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANTONIO V. RAQUIZA, AS SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS, ALEJANDRO D. DELENA, AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ADRIANO L. BANDONG, AS DISTRICT ENGINEER, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-39207 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FERMIN PADIRAYON AND JAIME VICENTE, DEFENDANTS, FERMIN PADIRAYON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 23050 FEDERICO QUERUBIN, PETITIONER, VS. VICTORIO ALCONCEL, PLACIDA QUICIO, MAURICIA ALCONCEL, BRIGIDO ALCONCEL, ANACLETO ALCONCEL, GERVACIO ALCONCEL, MANUEL QUIANI TIBURCIO QUIANI AND GUADALUPE QUIANI, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-23050 FEDERICO QUERUBIN, PETITIONER, VS. VICTORIO ALCONCEL, PLACIDA QUICIO, MAURICIA ALCONCEL, BRIGIDO ALCONCEL, ANACLETO ALCONCEL, GERVACIO ALCONCEL, MANUEL QUIANI TIBURCIO QUIANI AND GUADALUPE QUIANI, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-37187 [G.R. No. L-37187. September 15, 1975] ASIATIC INTEGRATED CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HON. FEDERICO ALIKPALA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, BRANCH XXII, DOLORSINDO PANER AND ARMANDO CAPISTRANO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R.NO. L-37248. SEPTEMBER 15. 1975] THE CITY OF MANILA, RAMON D. BAGATSING AND SERAFIN LUZ CUI, AS MAYOR AND MARKET ADMINISTRATOR, RESPECTIVELY OF THE CITY OF MANILA, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. FEDERICO ALIKPALA, AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, ARMANDO CAPISTRANO, DOLORSINDO PANER, PETRA ATIENZA, REMEGIA GREGORIO, AND SAMAHAN NG MGA MANININDA SA PAMILIHANG QUINTA, INK., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-37249. SEPTEMBER 15, 1975] ASIATIC INTEGRATED CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HON. FEDERICO ALIKPALA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, BRANCH XXII, DOLORSINDO PANER, ARMANDO CAPISTRANO AND SAMAHAN NG MANININDA NG QUINTA, INK., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 31788 & 31792 ANTONIO H. NOBLEJAS, PETITIONER, VS. HON. EMILIO V. SALAS, AS JUDGE OF PASIG BRANCH I, RIZAL COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE; PROVINCIAL FISCAL OF RIZAL, AND ELISEO C. DE GUZMAN, AS ASSISTANT FISCAL OF RIZAL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N