Month: September 2018

— Criminal Law —

People v. Silvestre and Atienza G.R. No. L-35748 December 14, 1931 Conspiracy to Commit Arson

September 26, 2018

FACTS: Silvestre Romana, wife of Domingo Joaquin, cohabited with co-defendant Martin Atienza in the barrio of Masocol, municipality of Paombong, Bulacan.  Domingo Joaquin filed a complaint for adultery. The two acused begged the municipal president of Paombong to to urge Domingo to withdraw the complaint. They promised to discontinue cohabitation, and not to live again… Read More People v. Silvestre and Atienza G.R. No. L-35748 December 14, 1931 Conspiracy to Commit Arson

— Civil Law —

Standard Oil Company v. Jaramillo G.R. No. L-20329 March 16, 1923 Property, Chattel Mortgage

September 10, 2018

Gervasia de la Rosa, Vda. de Vera, was the lessee of a parcel of land in Manila and owner of the house of strong materials built thereon. She executed a document in the form of a chattel mortgage, purporting to convey to the petitioner by way of mortgage both the leasehold interest in said lot… Read More Standard Oil Company v. Jaramillo G.R. No. L-20329 March 16, 1923 Property, Chattel Mortgage

— Criminal Law, Political Law —

SHORT REVIEWER ON AMNESTY FOR 2018 BAR EXAMS BY JUDGE MARLO CAMPANILLA

September 10, 2018

Three conditions to be entitled to read or print these materials: 1. Share these materials to your friends; 2. Do not delete my posters; 3. Read my posters (he he he). Thanks ADMISSION OF GUILT In Vera vs. People, G.R. No. L-18184, January 31, 1963, the Supreme Court En Banc rejected the argument of the… Read More SHORT REVIEWER ON AMNESTY FOR 2018 BAR EXAMS BY JUDGE MARLO CAMPANILLA

— Labor Law —

PEOPLE v. PANIS G.R. Nos. L-58674-77 July 11, 1990 Illegal Recruitment

September 4, 2018

FACTS: Four informations were filed alleging that Serapio Abug, “without first securing a license from the Ministry of Labor as a holder of authority to operate a fee-charging employment agency, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and criminally operate a private fee charging employment agency by charging fees and expenses (from) and promising employment in… Read More PEOPLE v. PANIS G.R. Nos. L-58674-77 July 11, 1990 Illegal Recruitment

— Labor Law —

ATCI v. Echin October 11, 2010 G.R. No. 178551 Liability of the principal/employer and the recruitment/placement agency, Probationary employment

September 4, 2018

FACTS: Josefina Echin was hired by petitioner ATCI Overseas Corporation in behalf of its principal-co-petitioner, the Ministry of Public Health of Kuwait, for the position of medical technologist under a two-year contract, denominated as a MOA. Under the MOA, all newly-hired employees undergo a probationary period of one year. Respondent was deployed on February 17, 2000… Read More ATCI v. Echin October 11, 2010 G.R. No. 178551 Liability of the principal/employer and the recruitment/placement agency, Probationary employment

— Labor Law —

Hellenic Philippine Shipping v. Siete G.R. No. 84082   March 13, 1991 Illegal Dismissal, Managerial Employees

September 3, 2018

FACTS: Siete was employed on May 22, 1985, as Master of M/V Houda G by Sultan Shipping Co., Ltd., through its crewing agent, herein petitioner. He boarded the vessel on May 24, 1985, at Cyprus. From there, it sailed to El Ferrol, Spain, where it loaded cargo that it subsequently discharged at Tripoli, Lebanon. It… Read More Hellenic Philippine Shipping v. Siete G.R. No. 84082   March 13, 1991 Illegal Dismissal, Managerial Employees

— Constitutional Law, Political Law, Remedial Law —

Mijares v. Ranada G.R. NO. 139325, April 12, 2005 Recognition of Foreign Judgments

September 3, 2018

FACTS: Ten Filipino citizens who each alleged having suffered human rights abuses such as arbitrary detention, torture and rape in the hands of police or military forces during the Marcos regime, filed with the US District Court, Hawaii, against the Estate Ferdinand E. Marcos. Trial ensued, and subsequently a jury rendered a Final Judgment and… Read More Mijares v. Ranada G.R. NO. 139325, April 12, 2005 Recognition of Foreign Judgments