Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1988
- G.R. No. 71110 PAZ VILLAGONZALO, ESTELA VILLAGONZALO, AIDA VILLAGONZALO, HERMINIA VILLAGONZALO, GWENDOLYN VILLAGONZALO, JENSINE VILLAGONZALO AND LEONILA VILLAGONZALO, PETITIONERS, VS. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT AND CECILIA A. VILLAGONZALO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 78794 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. FELIPE ELIZAGA AND MARCOS ELIZAGA (DECEASED), ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 68857 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. ANACLETO MONTEJO Y MAGAN, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 76974 BENITO LIM, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE RODOLFO D. RODRIGO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH VII, FIRST JUDICIAL REGION (BAGUIO CITY), LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET, SILVESTRE H. BELLO III, DEPUTY MINISTER OF JUSTICE, CITY FISCAL OF BAGUIO AND KO HU, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-32242 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RODOLFO CARIDO Y TONIDO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 64656 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. BENITO RAMOS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 74834 INSULAR BANK OF ASIA & AMERICA (NOW PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK), PETITIONER, VS. HON. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, THE PHILIPPINE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., SPS. BEN MENDOZA & JUANITA M. MENDOZA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 74324 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FERNANDO PUGAY Y BALCITA, & BENJAMIN SAMSON Y MAGDALENA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 74387-90 BATANGAS LAGUNA TAYABAS BUS COMPANY & ARMANDO PON, PETITIONERS, VS. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, THE HEIRS OF PAZ VDA. DE PAMFILO, THE HEIRS OF NORMA NERI, AND BAYLON SALES AND NENA VDA. DE ROSALES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 73828 BENJAMIN S. APRIETO AND ALFREDO S. APRIETO, PETITIONERS, VS. THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT (SECOND CIVIL CASES DIVISION): HONORABLE FELIX B. BARBERS, PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH 33, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, MANILA; MR. SALVADOR PUECO, SHERIFF, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, MANILA; AND CANDIDO LIM KIM PO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-46474 CONCORDIA M. DE LEON, PETITIONER, VS. EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL) RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 61017-18 FELIPE FAJELGA, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ROMEO M. ESCAREL, HON. CONRADO M. MOLINA AND HON. RAMON V. JABSON, MEMBERS, SECOND DIVISION, SANDIGANBAYAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-29420 FELIX DE VILLA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOSE JACOB AND CECILIA BADURIA (DECEASED), ALFREDO JACOB (LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE AND HEIR), DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-39807 HEIRS OF E. B. ROXAS, INC., AND EUFROCINIO ROXAS, PETITIONERS, VS. MACARIO TOLENTINO AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 82585 MAXIMO V. SOLIVEN, ANTONIO V. ROCES FREDERICK K. AGCAOILI, AND GODOFREDO L! MANZANAS, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HON. RAMON P] MAKASIAR, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, BRANCH 35, UNDERSECRETARY SILVESTRE BELLO III, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, LUIS C. VICTOR, THE CITY FISCAL OF MANILA AND PRESIDENT CORAZON C. AQUINO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 82827. November 14, 1988] LUIS D. BELTRAN, PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. RAMON P. MAKASIAR, PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH 35 OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, AT MANILA, THE HON. LUIS VICTOR, CITY FISCAL OF MANILA, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WESTERN POLICE DISTRICT, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PROCESS SERVING UNIT AT THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 83979. November 14, 1988] LUIS D. BELTRAN, PETITIONER, VS. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY CATALINO MACARAIG, SECRETARY OF JUSTICE SEDFREY ORDONEZ, UNDERSECRETARY OF JUSTICE SILVESTRE BELLO HI, THE CITY FISCAL OF MANILA JESUS F. GUERRERO, AND JUDGE RAMON P. MAKASIAR, PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH 35 OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, AT MANILA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. L-38907-09 NERIO BELVIS III, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 73998 PEDRO T. LAYUGAN, PETITIONER, VS. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, GODOFREDO ISIDRO, AND TRAVELLERS MULTI-INDEMNITY CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-33084 ROSE PACKING COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, HON. PEDRO C. NAVARRO, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL (BR. III), PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL BANK & PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF RIZAL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 78848 SHERMAN SHAFER, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF OLONGAPO CITY, BRANCH 75, AND MAKATI INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 74297 & 74351 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CESAR S. CARIÑO, SR., ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 70270 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DANILO TURLA Y BATI, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 80485 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. DIRECTOR PURA FERRER-CALLEJA, RASIDALI C. ABDULLAH, ENFORCEMENT UNIT NCR ARBITRATION BRANCH, REYNALDO SANTOS, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 70766 AMERICAN EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL, INC., PETITIONER, VS. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT AND JOSE M. ALEJANDRINO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 62386 BATANGAS-I ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE LABOR UNION, PETITIONER, VS. ROMEO A. YOUNG, OFFICER IN CHARGE, BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS, AND BATANGAS-I ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 70880. NOVEMBER 9, 1988] BULACAN II ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., PETITIONER, VS. HON. ELISEO A. PENAFLOR, THE CHIEF MED-ARBITER OF THE REGIONAL ARBITRATION OFFICE, BRANCH NO. III, SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, HON. CRESENCIANO B. TRAJANO, THE DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS, MINISTRY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, MANILA, AND FEDERATION OF FREE WORKERS (BECO II COOP., INC., CHAPTER), RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 74560. NOVEMBER 9, 1988] ALBAY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE I, PETITIONER, VS. CRESENCIANO B. TRAJANO, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS AND FFW ALECO I CHAPTER, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 76565 BULLETIN PUBLISHING CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT MARTIN ISIDRO AND ITS PUBLISHER APOLONIO BATALLA, BEN F. RODRIGUEZ, FRED J. REYES, JAMIL MAIDAN FLORES AND JOHN DOES, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. JUDGE EDILBERTO NOEL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH VIII OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, 12TH JUDICIAL REGION WITH STATION IN MARAWI CITY, ATTY. DIMATIMPOS MINDALANO, ATTY. MANGORSI A. MINDALANO, SHIEK EDRES MINDALANO, SULTAN GUINAR MINDALANO, FAROUK CALIPA MINDALANO, SULTAN MAHADI MINDALANO, SULTAN KHALID MINDALANO, SULTAN, MA-AMOR MINDALANO, DR. TAHER MINDALANO, DATU MAGUIDALA MINDALANO, SOBAIDA MAGUMPARA VDA. DE MINDALANO, RAISHA MINDALANO MANDANGAN, ATTY. KIMAL M. SALACOP, DATU KAMAR M. MINDALANO, MAYOR RASLANI MINDALANO, VICE-MAYOR ALIDADI A. MINDALANO, ENG. RASHDI A. MINDALANO, MRS. PAISHA MINDALANO AGUAM, DATU AZIS MINDALANO AGUAM, MRS. MOOMINA MINDALANO OMAR, DATU AMINOLA MINDALANO OMAR, IN BEHALF OF THE MINDALANO CLAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 73304 GLORIA DELA CRUZ VDA. DE NABONG, PETITIONER, VS. HON. QUIRINO R. SADANG, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BR. XXVIII, THIRD JUDICIAL REGION, CABANATUAN CITY, SPS. PEDRO SUNGA AND MELITONA IGNACIO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35434 ISRAEL ANTONIO, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 72383 MARCELO SORIANO, PETITIONER, VS. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, HON AUXENCIO DACUYCUY, AND HON. FRANCISCO TANTUICO, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 81948 PAN-FIL CO., INC., PETITIONER, VS. GABRIEL I. AGUJAR, NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 70565-67 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROBERT POCULAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 75433 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RUBEN DIAZ Y PEPITO AND SERGIO DIAZ Y PEPITO, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 76026 PORFIRIO JOPILLO, JR., PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. BALTAZAR R. DIZON, ARSENIO C. DE GUZMAN AND RAYMOND LIM, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 63074-75 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANDRU LAPATHA AND JOSEPH MARIA JOPSON, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 62680 THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND ROMERICO CHAVEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 53798 ALBERTO C. ROXAS AND NENITA DE GUIA, PETITIONERS, VS. MARINA BUAN, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ZAMBALES, BRANCH I AND THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF ZAMBALES THRU HIS DEPUTY, ATILANO G. NANQUIL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-48278 AURORA TAMBUNTING, ANTONIO TAMBUNTING, JOSE P. TAMBUNTING AND THE ACTING PROVINCIAL SHERIFF FOR THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, DAMASO R. CRUZ, AND MONICA ANDRES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 51806 CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND ERNEST E. SIMKE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 77109 ESTATE OF THE LATE EUGENE J. KNEEBONE, REPRESENTED BY TERENCE H. KNEEBONE AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE AND T. MICHAEL KNEEBONE PEARSON AS THE ESTATE'S LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND BENGUET CONSOLIDATED, INC., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 77113. NOVEMBER 8, 1988] DELFIN L. GONZALEZ, PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND BENGUET CONSOLIDATED, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 75583 GREGORIO ARANETA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, PETITIONER, VS. ANTONIO J. TEODORO AND NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 55230 HON. RICHARD J. GORDON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CITY MAYOR OF OLONGAPO, PETITIONER, VS. JUDGE REGINO T. VERIDIANO II AND SPOUSES EDUARDO AND ROSALINDA YAMBAO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 74051 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EUGENIO RELLON ALIAS "GENIO", ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 77115 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RUFINO BANTAC Y LAGUNES & BENJAMIN C. BUGARIN, ACCUSED, RUFINO BANTAC Y LAGUNES, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 69778 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SIXTO TABAGO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 77028 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND LUCINA Y. CHUA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 78052 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROLANDO ROA Y ESLIT, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-37010 JESUS MANAHAN, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 56464 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ADRIANO MALMIS AND FEDERICO BONGOLO, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 69875 BATANGAS LAGUNA TAYABAS BUS COMPANY (BLTB CO.), PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, LIBRADO AQUINO AND EUFEMIO BONDAD, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 79043 DOMINGO T. ARCEGA AND RAMON M. ARCEGA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 79958 EMILIANA BAUTISTA, AS HEIR OF THE LATE MANUEL BAUTISTA AND EVANGELINE BAUTISTA, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. JUSTICES CAROLINA C. GRINO-AQUINO, MANUEL T. REYES, AND JAIME M. LANTIN, IN THEIR CAPACITY AS JUSTICES OF THE SPECIAL FIRST DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, HON. PEDRO JL. BAUTISTA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, BRANCH III, PASAY CITY, MANOLITO BAUTISTA, BENJAMIN DE GUZMAN, BETTY N. BAUTISTA ALIAS BEATRIZ BAUTISTA, NELIA N. BAUTISTA, GLORIA N. BAUTISTA, CLARITA N. BAUTISTA AND ROSALINA BAUTISTA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N