Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1991
- G.R. No. 95575 FROILAN A. MENDEZ, PETITIONER, VS. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND REGISTER OF DEEDS OF QUEZON CITY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 97932 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALIAS CRYSLER BABAC, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 96322 ACCRA INVESTMENTS CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE AND THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 74841 ASSOCIATED LABOR UNIONS-VIMCONTU, THE CEBU OIL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS ACTING PRESIDENT, MIGUEL C. ALIVIADO, AND THE MOBIL DAVAO/COTABATO, CHAPTER-ALU, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DAVID C. ONDEVILLA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (NLRC), MOBIL OIL PHILIPPINES, INC., JEAN PIERRE BAILLEUX, CALTEX PHILIPPINES, INC., AND MOBIL PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 75667. DECEMBER 20, 1991] ASSOCIATED LABOR UNIONS-VIMCONTU, THE CEBU OIL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION-ALU LOCAL 15, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, EMILIO S. SUAREZ, AND THE MOBIL DAVAO/COTABATO CHAPTER-ALU, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DAVID C. ONDEVILLA, PETITIONERS, VS. MOBIL OIL PHILS., INC., JEAN PIERRE BAILLEUX, CALTEX PHILIPPINES, INC., AND MOBIL PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 76245 AVELINO BANAAG, ROSABEL B. BANAAG AND ROWENA B. BANAAG (THE LAST TWO BEING REPRESENTED BY THE FORMER AS THEIR FATHER), PETITIONERS, VS. MANUEL S. BARTOLOME, ESTANISLAO S. BARTOLOME, EXPEDITA S. BARTOLOME AND PETER S. BARTOLOME (THE LAST THREE BEING REPRESENTED BY THEIR MOTHER AND/OR GUARDIAN AD-LITEM CONSTANCIA SANTIAGO), AND THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 63226 EUGENIA LLABAN Y CATALAN, LUCIA BARBANERA JURBAN, MARTIN LLABAN, BEATRIZ BARBANERA JURBAN, LUIS LLABAN NACUA, SERGIO LLABAN NACUA MANUEL LLABAN NACUA, EULALIA LLABAN ABELLA, EPIFANIO LLABAN NACUA, LUCRECIA LLABAN ABELLA, JOSEFINA JABAN FORNOLLES, MARIA SOCORRO JABAN CARUBIO, LOURDES JABAN VERGARA, BIENVENIDO P. JABAN, JOSE JABAN, CARMEN INTUD, FILOMENO JABAN, LUCIA JABAN OLAES, ROQUE JABAN AND GENEROSO JABAN, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, NOW KNOWN AS THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, HON. JOSE RAMOLETE, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE CEBU, BRANCH III, JOSE G. PAULIN, CEFERINO GABUTAN, SERAPIO ALCOSEBA, APOLONIA CAVAN, CIRIACO BACATAN, TRINIDAD LIM, GERARDO PANONGALINOG, AND FILEMON SOTTO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 93849 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DICK ONG Y CHAN, LINO MORFE Y GUTIERREZ, RICARDO VILLARAN AND LUCILA TALABIS, ACCUSED, DICK ONG Y CHAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 66848 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RUBEN LEE Y AMOSO, QUIRINO VIRAY, JR. Y COLLADO, AND JUAN LAROSA Y GONZALES, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 97929 BENJAMIN DY, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, BIENVENIDO MANALO AND PARAMOUNT DEVELOPMENT BANK, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 91606 ESTRELLA R. EMPAYNADO AND ERODITA EMPAYNADO, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, ELENITA CANJA AND ROLANDO CANJA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 86237 JORGE NAVARRA AND CARMELITA BERNARDO NAVARRA AND THE RRRC DEVELOPMENT CORP., PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND PLANTERS DEVELOPMENT BANK, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 91161 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JEROME HONRADA Y JOBEN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 70054 BANCO FILIPINO SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK, PETITIONER, VS. THE MONETARY BOARD, CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, JOSE B. FERNANDEZ, CARLOTA P. VALENZUELA, ARNULFO B. AURELLANO AND RAMON V. TIAOQUI, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 68878. DECEMBER 11, 1991] BANCO FILIPINO SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK, PETITIONER, VS. HON. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT AND CELESTINA S. PAHIMUNTUNG, ASSISTED BY HER HUSBAND, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NOS. 77255-58. DECEMBER 11, 1991] TOP MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS CORPORATION AND PILAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF CAVITE, EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF REGALADO E. EUSEBIO, BANCO FILIPINO SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK, CARLOTA P. VALENZUELA AND SYCIP, SALAZAR, HERNANDEZ AND GATMAITAN, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 78766. DECEMBER 11, 1991] EL GRANDE CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF REGALADO E. EUSEBIO, BANCO FILIPINO SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK, CARLOTA P. VALENZUELA AND SYCIP, SALAZAR, FELICIANO AND HERNANDEZ, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 78767. DECEMBER 11, 1991] METROPOLIS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, JOSE B. FERNANDEZ, JR., CARLOTA P. VALENZUELA, ARNULFO AURELLANO AND RAMON TIAOQUI, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 78894. DECEMBER 11, 1991] BANCO FILIPINO SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, JOSE B. FERNANDEZ, JR., CARLOTA P. VALENZUELA, ARNULFO B. AURELLANO AND RAMON TIAOQUI, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 81303. DECEMBER 11, 1991] PILAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. MANUEL M. COSICO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH 136 OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MAKATI, CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES AND CARLOTA P. VALENZUELA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 81304. DECEMBER 11, 1991] BF HOMES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, CENTRAL BANK AND CARLOTA P. VALENZUELA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 90473. DECEMBER 11, 1991] EL GRANDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF CAVITE, CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF ADORACION VICTA, BANCO FILIPINO SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK, CARLOTA P. VALENZUELA AND SYCIP, SALAZAR, HERNANDEZ AND GATMAITAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 87146 GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), PETITIONER, VS. HON. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND MARIA ASUNCION SALAZAR, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 102782 THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, RODOLFO A. MALAPIRA, STEPHEN A. MONSANTO, DAN R. CALDERON, AND GRANDY N. TRIESTE, PETITIONERS, VS. THE METROPOLITAN MANILA AUTHORITY AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF MANDALUYONG, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 95738 ADRIANA DIONISIO, ET AL., PETITIONERS, VS. JUDGE RODOLFO ORTIZ OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF QUEZON CITY, BRANCH 89 AND PABLO TAN GONZAGA, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 97132 MASANTOL RURAL BANK, INC., PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND REMEDIOS B. SORIANO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 70937. DECEMBER 10, 1991] SPS. ANTONIO SORIANO AND REMEDIOS B. SORIANO, PETITIONER, VS. HON. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT (THIRD SPECIAL CASES DIVISION), HON. HERMINIO C. MARIANO (PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, BRANCH IV), THE SHERIFF OF MANILA AND MASANTOL RURAL BANK, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 94362 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDUARDO SORONIO Y GALUCAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 82604 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARCOS P. JIMENEZ AND ROBERT JIMENEZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 83329 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. OSCAR D. FABIAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 54377-79 ROSALINA NUCUM, LUZ BERGUELLES, AIDA DIGA, AIDA FAJARDO, MIGUELA PATAWARAN, VICENTE GALICIA, MERLE ARCOS, AMOR STO. DOMINGO, REMEDIOS D. SAPIGAO, LUCY MONTENEGRO AND NORA SOLIS, PETITIONERS, VS. AMADO G. INCIONG, DEPUTY MINISTER OF LABOR, AND D.S. POINT/FASHION ONE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 64415 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. PABLITO RAEL, NESTOR RAEL ALIAS "NESTORAY," EDDIE RAEL ALIAS "MANAHAN," GAMAY CABIDOG AND ELPIDIO EMBOG, ACCUSED, PABLITO RAEL AND EDDIE RAEL, APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 96829 EMILIANO S. CASIPIT AND ANTONIA C. CASIPIT VDA. DE BEATO, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, (FORMER SECOND DIVISION), SPOUSES SEVERINO B. DIAZ AND ZENAIDA ALZONA-DIAZ, ROSA BEATO VDA. DE DIAZ, FORTUNATO S. BEATO, JUANITA A. BEATO, FELICIDAD A. BEATO, ARCADIO A. BEATO, PACIENCIA A. BEATO, AVELINO K. BEATO, ANTONIA K. BEATO, NILDA K. BEATO, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR THE PROVINCE OF LAGUNA, AND THE PROVINCIAL ASSESSOR OF LAGUNA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 90738 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANTONIO ENRIQUE, JR., ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 98118 HON. PETE NICOMEDES PRADO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, ATTY. JUAN C. STA. ANA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MANAGER OF THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, PORT DISTRICT OF MANILA, AND THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. REGINO T. VERIDIANO II, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH 31 OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, PORT AREA REALTY, INC., EVERETT STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, HARBOR IMPORT SHOPPING CENTER, ORIENTAL MEDIA, INC., AND ESTER CALING LIM, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 91201 EUSTAQUIO MAYO Y AGPAOA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-42769 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RAYMUNDO PASCUAL Y CARLOS, RUSTICO MORELOS Y DE LA CRUZ, MARIO SALVADOR Y REYES, AND VIRGILIO GUTIERREZ Y DE LA CRUZ, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 86453 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LAWRENCE PONCIANO Y SABOLAN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 96755 BPI CREDIT CORPORATION (FORMERLY FILINVEST CREDIT CORPORATION), PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND DOMINADOR CABACUNGAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 50526 CASIMIRO V. ARKONCEL, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF CASIMIRO F. ARKONCEL, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. ALFREDO J. LAGAMON, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE CFI OF DAVAO CITY, BRANCH I AND INVESTORS' FINANCE CORPORATION (FNCB), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 81239 NELSON L. YOUNG AND VIOLETA YOUNG, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-44773 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SALUSTIANO TISMO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 50685 ROBERTO AGURA, CESAR ALIB, TOMAS STA. RITA, ALFREDO CORDOVA, VICTOR DE LOS REYES, AND MARINA SERFINO, PETITIONERS, VS. FEDERICO SERFINO, SR., FEDERICO SERFINO, JR., THE HONORABLE RONALDO B. ZAMORA, PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT; THE HONORABLE JOSE J. LEIDO, JR, MINISTER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, BRANCH XXI, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 65922 LAURETA TRINIDAD, PETITIONER, VS. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT AND VICENTE J. FRANCISCO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 66838 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. PROCTER & GAMBLE PHILIPPINE MANUFACTURING CORPORATION AND THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 100883 CONGRESSMAN ENRIQUE T. GARCIA (SECOND DISTRICT OF BATAAN), PETITIONER, VS. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE BOARD OF INVESTMENTS, THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE BUREAU OF TRADE REGULATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION, RESPONDENTS. SENATOR VICENTE T. PATERNO AND PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF BATTERY MANUFACTURERS, INTERVENORS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 51580 DAVID P. MACAYAYONG, PETITIONER, VS. HON. BLAS OPLE, IN HIS PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MINISTER OF LABOR; HON. JACOBO C. CLAVE, IN HIS PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND AS PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 94010 FELIPE EVARDONE, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ALEXANDER APELADO, VICTORINO E. ACLAN AND NOEL A. NIVAL, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 95063. DECEMBER 2, 1991] ALEXANDER R. APELADO, VICTORINO E. ACLAN AND NOEL A. NIVAL, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND MAYOR FELIPE EVARDONE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 89114 FRANCISCO S. TANTUICO, JR., PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, MATEO A. T. CAPARAS, AND THE SANDIGANBAYAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 96681 HON. ISIDRO CARIÑO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE & SPORTS, DR. ERLINDA LOLARGA, IN HER CAPACITY AS SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY SCHOOLS OF MANILA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, GRACIANO BUDOY, JULIETA BABARAN, ELSA IBABAO, HELEN LUPO, AMPARO GONZALES, LUZ DEL CASTILLO, ELSA REYES AND APOLINARIO ESBER, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 88333 NENITA E. DELA CRUZ, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND CYNTHIA C. CRUZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 99391 PENDATUN ALIM, PETITIONER, VS. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, SALVADOR MISON, COMMISSIONER BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND JESUSA TAGUINOD, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 92968 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ZOSIMO ALABASO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 94065 ROBERTO SITON Y ENSALADA, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 91192 ROBINSON V. CASIÑO, PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, GINGOOG GALLERA, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT AND MANAGER, LINDY L. DE LARA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 96302 AMBROCIO MUYCO, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND SERGIO SAGA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 100626 CITY OF MANILA REPRESENTED BY MAYOR GEMILIANO C. LOPEZ, JR., PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND THE ARMY & NAVY CLUB, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 93262 DAVAO LIGHT & POWER CO., INC., PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, QUEENSLAND HOTEL OR MOTEL OR QUEENSLAND TOURIST INN, AND TEODORICO ADARNA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 85714 HYDRO RESOURCES CONTRACTORS CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ISABELA, THE MUNICIPALITY OF RAMON, ISABELA AND THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 89362 JOSE BARITUA, PETITIONER, VS. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, DEOGRACIAS IMPERIAL, RODOLFO ABUEDO, BENJAMIN MARANO, VIRGILIO AGUILA, MIGUEL RAMOS, AND MANUEL MORENO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N