FACTS: Respondent spouses Morris and Socorro Carpo brought an action against Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) for quieting of title.  Respondents claimed to be the true and lawful owners of a 171,309-sqm parcel of land in Las Piñas registered under Transfer Certificate of Title No. 296463 in their names.  They sought the annulment of the following… Read More AYALA LAND v. MORRIS CARPO, ET AL. G.R. No. 140162 November 22, 2000 Payment of Docket Fees

FACTS: Respondent spouses filed a complaint for damages against petitioner Santo Tomas University Hospital alleging that their son, Emmanuel Cesar Surla, while confined at the said hospital for having been born prematurely, had accidentally fallen from his incubator, possibly causing serious harm on the child.  Petitioner hospital filed its Answer with “Compulsory Counterclaim” asserting that… Read More Santo Tomas University Hospital v. Surla, et al., G.R. No. 129718, August 17, 1998 Certification against Forum Shopping, Compulsory Counterclaim

FACTS: Optima is engaged in the business of leasing and renting out commercial spaces and buildings to its tenants.  Optima entered into a Contract of Lease with respondent over a 131-square-meter office unit and a parking slot in the Optima Building for a period of three years. Later, the parties amended their lease agreement by… Read More Optima Realty Corporation V. Hertz Phil. Exclusive Cars, Inc., G.R. No. 183035, January 9, 2013 Jurisdiction over the Person of the Defendant, Voluntary Appearance

FACTS: Petitioner Chester De Joya asserts that respondent Judge Placido C. Marquez erred in finding the existence of probable cause that justifies the issuance of a warrant of arrest against him and his co-accused. Hence, he filed the instant petition for certiorari and prohibition that seeks the Court to nullify and set aside the warrant… Read More De Joya v. Marquez et al. G.R. No. 162416, January 31, 2006 Requisites for the Exercise of Jurisdiction