Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1979
- G.R. Nos. L-24627-28-29 J.M. TUASON & CO., INC. PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE PEDRO NAVARRO, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, BRANCH I, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-27149 KURT NILSEN, DAGPIN LUNOGREN, HELGE HELGSESEN, IN THEIR CAPACITY AS CREW MEMBERS OF THE S/S "FERNSIDE" AND MACONDRAY & COMPANY, INC., IN ITS CAPACITY AS AGENT OF THE S/S "FERNSIDE", PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 39699 SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HON. CELSO AVELINO, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CEBU, BRANCH XIII, AND THE CITY OF MANDAUE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29480 THE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY, THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND STA. TERESITA WOOD INDUSTRIES, INC., PETITIONERS, VS. JUDGE FRANCISCO GERONIMO AND WOODRICH INDUSTRIES, INC., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R No. 42995 VICTOR N. LIZARDO, PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION; REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (BUREAU OF PRISONS), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 49247 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. WENCESLAO M. POLO, PRESIDING JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF SAMAR, BRANCH V (CALBAYOG CITY); BASILIO ROSALES, TRINIDAD D. ENRIQUEZ, JOSE ROÑO, CESAR DEAN, MARIA S. QUESADA, AURORA SOLIMAN, JAIME ROCO AND HERMINIGILDO ROSALES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-42666 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. HERMINIO BARUT, ALEJO RAMISCAL AND ERNESTO QUEBRAL, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 26169 NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS ASSOCIATION AND COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, RESPONDENTS.
- G.R. No. L-41107 AMANDA L. VDA. DE DELA CRUZ, ET AL., PETITIONERS, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, MARCELO ABAGA, MARGARITA D. JOSE, MARTINA D. JOSE, QUIRINO D. JOSE, TEOFILO D. JOSE, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 24392 ANACLETO ONDAP, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. BONIFACIO ABUGAA, CRISTINA JANOLINO, AND NICOLAS LABARES, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 44884 BENJAMIN JARANILLA, JR., PETITIONER, VS. HON. MIDPANTAO L. ADIL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ILOILO, BRANCH II, AND ANTONIO ARTAJO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-43006 BIBIANA CAOILI, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS) AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33063 CATALINO CATINDIG AND BARBARA CARTA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, LORENZO DE LEON, ROMANA BARRAQUIO AND GABRIEL BAYNOSA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 45633 ELIZABETH PAPILOTA, FOR HERSELF AND AS GUARDIAN OF THE MINORS: MARILOU, MARIJEAN, CERES, LUISITO, CRISPULO, JR., AND DENNIS ALL SURNAMED PAPILOTA, SPOUSES HERMINIAS CALMERIN AND ESTRELLA SUAGA, NICOLAS BRETAÑA, WARLITO PAPILOTA AND ELISEA DIROY, THE HON. MIDPANTAO L. ADIL, THE DEPUTY PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF ILOILO, RODOLFO S. BESA, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION AND ROMEO C. ZARRIS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A. C. No. 1582 ENEDENA AGAWA VDA. DE ORIBIANA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. FIDENCIO H. GERIO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 42455 ERNESTO CERCADO, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. DE DIOS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-43854 GLICERIA LASARTE, FOR HERSELF AND FOR HER CHILDREN, NAMELY, HECTOR, MYRIAM, MARILYN, LAURENCE, MAITA, AND NARCISO JR., ALL SURNAMED LASARTE,PETITIONERS, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (BUREAU OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 43748 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO., PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. E. RAZON, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 25316 KAPISANAN NG MGA MANGGAGAWA SA MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY CREDIT UNION, INC., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 29857 LEGASPI OIL COMPANY, INC. AND THE PHILIPPINE AMERICAN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. PETITIONERS, VS. DOROTEO L. SERRANO, CHIEF OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION UNIT, REGIONAL OFFICE NO. VI NAGA CITY, HONESTO ADORNADO & THE CITY SHERIFF OF MANILA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 49375 LEOPOLDO SALCEDO, PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE JUDGE FILEMON H. MENDOZA AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-45270 LUIS T. PEGGY, RESTITUTA TUDTUD, AND LUZVIMINDA T. PEGGY, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. LAURO L. TAPUCAR, AS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE AND BUTUAN CITY, BRANCH I, CITY SHERIFF OF BUTUAN CITY, PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF CEBU, AND PURITA TORRALBA PEGGY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-42774 MANILA TIMES PUBLISHING CO., INC., PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND NITTO P. ITONA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-27343 MANUEL G. SINGSON, JOSE BELZUNCE, AGUSTIN E. TONSAY, JOSE L. ESPINOS, BACOLOD SOUTHERN LUMBER YARD, AND OPPEN, ESTEBAN, INC., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, VS. ISABELA SAWMILL, MARGARITA G. SALDAJENO AND HER HUSBAND CECILIO SALDAJENO, LEON GARIBAY, TIMOTEO TUBUNGBANUA, AND THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, DEFENDANTS. MARGARITA G. SALDAJENO AND HER HUSBAND CECILIO SALDAJENO, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 48219 MANUEL J. C. REYES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. LEONOR INES-LUCIANO, AS JUDGE OF THE JUVENILE & DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT, QUEZON CITY, COURT OF APPEALS AND CELIA ILUSTRE-REYES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-44353 MARTHA FERANIL AND PRIMITIVO VILLEGAS, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. GUMERSINDO ARCILLA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH III, CITY COURT OF DAVAO CITY AND SPOUSES ALFONSO CARDENAS AND LOLITA CARDENAS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 43555 METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND EDMUNDO BACULI, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A. M. No. RODOLFO PAA, COMPLAINANT, VS. VALENTIN C. REMIGIO, CLERK OF COURT, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ISABELA, BR. III, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 27856-57 RUSTICO PASCUAL, ALBERTO JOSE, ELADIO GREGORIO, REDENTOR V. SOTTO, RODRIGO V. SOTTO, MARIANO HERRANZ, MARINA DAVILA, EDUARDO OCAMPO, PEDRO ASENSI, FRANCISCO PADUA, JUANITO SAN MIGUEL, RAFAEL FRANCISCO, ELISEO LIZADA, FEDERICO DE LANGE, CESAR VICTORIANO, ALCIBIADES JOSE, FLORITA DEL ROSARIO, ET AL., PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, JOSE C. ESPINAS AND PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. L-31481 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ERNESTO SARIP, ALIAS POOR, MANUEL RAOP, ALIAS ONOT, CONDALLA SARIP AND DONATO (DUMATO) MABPAN, ACCUSED. ERNESTO SARIP AND MANUEL RAOP, DEFENDANTS WHOSE DEATH SENTENCES ARE UNDER AUTOMATIC REVIEW. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-39367-69 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. REMIGIO CONCHADA Y ASTRERA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-41819 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WINSTON MANLAPAZ Y POLING, ACCUSED. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 48315 ATTY. DOMINADOR B. BORJE, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL, BRANCH II, VIOLETA GALICINAO, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL WATER DISTRICT, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 38837 JOSE S. DINEROS IN HIS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER OF LA PAZ ICE PLANT AND COLD STORAGE CO., INC., AND RICARDO GURREA, PETITIONERS, VS. MARCIANO C. ROQUE, MANUEL LEZAMA, JUDGE CARLOS Y. GONZALES, GREGORIO L. LIRA AS PROVINCIAL SHERIFF EX-OFFICIO OF ILOILO, AND THE CITY SHERIFF OF MANILA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 37737 MAXIMO NOCNOC, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ISIDORO A. VERA, DISTRICT JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAMARINES NORTE AND ERNESTO MANARANG, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 46306 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. MARIANO C. CASTAÑEDA, JR., AS JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PAMPANGA, BRANCH III, AND BENJAMIN F. MANALOTO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 46582 POGONG SOLIWEG, PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION & REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-26096 THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, PETITIONER, VS. SILVESTRA ABABA, ET AL., CLAIMANTS. JUAN LARRAZABAL, MARTA C. DE LARRAZABAL, MAXIMO ABARQUEZ AND ANASTACIA CABIGAS, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, ALBERTO FERNANDEZ, ADVERSE CLAIMANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 44063 VICTORIANO F. CORALES, PETITIONER, VS. EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-41684 ANTONIO CRUZ, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ONOFRE VILLALUZ, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, QUEZON CITY, BRANCH XVII, AND EFREN GARCIA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-25601 LUISA V. VDA. DE GUISON, PAULINA G. CARLOS, JUANITO GUISON, LILIA G. BONIFACIO, RODOLFO V. GUISON, PACITA G. REYES, ESTER G. CRUZ, RICARDO V. GUISON, AND NARCISO GUISON, JR., PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, VS. CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY AND PROVINCIAL COMMANDER OF RIZAL, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 49818 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LUCAS RAMOS Y MACASIRAY, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 41430 ANGEL BAUTISTA, PETITIONER, VS. MATILDE LIM FOR AND IN BEHALF OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF PEDRO LIM, AND HON. MOISES F. DALISAY, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE, BRANCH V, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R.No. L-19937 ASOCIACION DE AGRICULTORES DE TALISAY-SILAY, INC., TRINO MONTINOLA, FERNANDO CUENCA, EDUARDO LEDESMA, EMILIO JISON, NILO LIZARES, NICOLAS JALANDONI AND SECRETARY OF LABOR, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, VS. TALISAY-SILAY MILLING CO., INC., AND LUZON SURETY CO., INC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK AND THE SUGAR QUOTA ADMINISTRATOR, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. [G. R. No. L-21304. February 19, 1979] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JOSE FERNANDEZ, TALISAY-SILAY MILLING CO., INC. AND TALISAY-SILAY INDUSTRIAL COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 49705-09 TOMATIC ARATUC, SERGIO TOCAO, CISCOLARIO DIAZ, FRED TAMULA, MANGONTAWAR GURO AND BONIFACIO LEGASPI, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, REGIONAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS FOR REGION XII (CENTRAL MINDANAO), ABDULLAH DIMAPORO, JESUS AMPARO, ANACLETO BADOY, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NOS. L-49717-21. FEBRUARY 8, 1979] LINANG MANDANGAN, PETITIONER, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THE REGIONAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS FOR REGION XII, AND ERNESTO ROLDAN, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-46942 ROMULA MABALE, FILOMENO TAMALA, FE MANGOMPIT TAMALA, GENARA MANGOMPIT ETOC AND NESTOR MANGOMPIT, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. SIMPLICIO M. APALISOK, PRESIDING JUDGE CFI, BRANCH I, DIPOLOG CITY AND TAN TIAN TIONG, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-42608 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. GAVINO TAMPUS ALIAS JOVEN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- A. M. No. 801- DR. JORGE P. ROYECA, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE PEDRO SAMSON C. ANIMAS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 49112 LEOVILLO C. AGUSTIN, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ROMEO F. EDU, IN HIS CAPACITY AS LAND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER; HON. JUAN PONCE ENRILE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE; HON. ALFREDO L. JUINIO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS; AND HON. BALTAZAR AQUINO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MINISTER OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 32792 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DIONISIO BASTASA @ DIONY AND VIRGINIA DUGENIA BASTASA @ VIRGIE, DEFENDANTS. DIONISIO BASTASA ALIAS "DIONY", DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N