Category: Civil Law

— Civil Law, Special Proceedings —

CAYETANO vs. LEONIDAS G.R. No. L-54919    May 30, 1984 Jurisdiction of the Probate Court, Succession

January 19, 2019

  FACTS:   This is a petition for review on certiorari, seeking to annul the order of the respondent judge of the CFI of Manila, which admitted to and allowed the probate of the last will and testament of Adoracion C. Campos, after an ex-parte presentation of evidence by herein private respondent. Adoracion C. Campos… Read More CAYETANO vs. LEONIDAS G.R. No. L-54919    May 30, 1984 Jurisdiction of the Probate Court, Succession

— Bar Q & A, Civil Law —

2014 Bar Exam Suggested Answers in Civil Law by the UP Law Complex

December 29, 2018

  CIVIL LAW I. Ariz and Paz were officemates at Perlas ng Silangan Bank (PSB). They fell in love with each other and had a civil and church wedding. Meanwhile, Paz rapidly climbed the corporate ladder of PSB and eventually became its VicePresident, while Ariz remained one of its bank supervisors, although he was short… Read More 2014 Bar Exam Suggested Answers in Civil Law by the UP Law Complex

— Civil Law —

LOCSIN V. HIZON G.R. No. 204369 September 17, 2014 Mirror Doctrine, Innocent Purchaser for Value

November 27, 2018

FACTS: Petitioner Locsin was the registered owner of a lot covered by TCT No. 235094. In 1992, she filed an ejectment case against one Billy Aceron (Aceron) to recover possession over the land in issue. Eventually, the two entered into a compromise agreement, which the MTC approved. Locsin later went to the US without knowing… Read More LOCSIN V. HIZON G.R. No. 204369 September 17, 2014 Mirror Doctrine, Innocent Purchaser for Value

— Civil Law —

HEIRS OF MARIO MALABANAN v. REPUBLIC G.R. No. 179987 September 3, 2013 Possession, Property Registration Decree, Regalia Doctrine

November 13, 2018

FACTS: Mario Malabanan filed an application for land registration covering the property he purchased from Eduardo Velazco, claiming that the property formed part of the alienable and disposable land of the public domain, and that he and his predecessors-in-interest had been in open, continuous, uninterrupted, public and adverse possession and occupation of the land for… Read More HEIRS OF MARIO MALABANAN v. REPUBLIC G.R. No. 179987 September 3, 2013 Possession, Property Registration Decree, Regalia Doctrine

— Civil Law, Criminal Law —

UNITED STATES vs.  LAURENTE REY G.R. No. L-3326  September 7, 1907 Loss of Possession, Robbery

October 25, 2018

FACTS: On the 19th of September, 1905, silver and paper money amounting to 25,000 pesos belonging to the firms of Urrutia & Co. and Muñoz & Co., was placed on the steamer Cantabria at Manila by said firms for shipment. 5,000 pesos of the said money belonged to Muñoz & Co. and 20,000 pesos to… Read More UNITED STATES vs.  LAURENTE REY G.R. No. L-3326  September 7, 1907 Loss of Possession, Robbery

— Bar Q & A, Civil Law —

Bar Exam 2010 Questions and Suggested Answers in CIVIL LAW by the UP Law Center

October 17, 2018

CIVIL LAW NOTE: Although the questions, as framed, do not require reasons for the “True or False” Answers, proper explanations are herein provided to aid in the evaluation of the answers of the examinees. I True or False. Under Article 26 of the Family Code, when a foreign spouse divorces his/her Filipino spouse, the latter… Read More Bar Exam 2010 Questions and Suggested Answers in CIVIL LAW by the UP Law Center

— Civil Law —

Possession

October 10, 2018

RESUENA v. CA G.R. No. 128338. March 28, 2005   FACTS: Juanito Borromeo, Sr. (respondent), is the co-owner and overseer of certain parcels of land located in Talisay, Cebu and  owns six-eighths (6/8) of Lot No. 2587 while the late spouses Bascon own two-eights (2/8) thereof. Lot No. 2592 is owned in common by respondent… Read More Possession

— 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