Year: 2024

**Title:** Pryce Properties Corp. vs. Nolasco, Jr., G.R. No. 879 Phil. 292 (Phil. 2022) **Facts:** In 1995, Narciso R. Nolasco, Jr. (Nolasco) purchased three lots in Cagayan de Oro City from Pryce Properties Corporation (Pryce). He paid P393,435.00 through checks but did not receive the certificates of title or the sales agreement for the lots.…

**Title:** Spouses Francisco vs. Battung, G.R. No. 213275 **Facts:** Albina D. Battung (respondent) owned a parcel of land in San Gabriel, Tuguegarao City, covered by TCT No. 118686. On February 25, 1997, Albina Battung entered into a Deed of Conditional Sale with Celia Francisco (buyer). The purchase price was PHP 346,400.00, payable in installments. –…

**Title:** MRCA, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, et al. **Facts:** 1. **Initial Case Filing**: MRCA, Inc. filed a complaint on March 24, 1988, against Spouses Domingo Sebastian, Jr., Lilia Tioseco Sebastian, and Expectacion P. Tioseco in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig (Civil Case No. 55740) for unquantified moral and exemplary damages, attorney’s fees,…

## Title **Veterans Manpower and Protective Services, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, Chief of Philippine Constabulary, and Philippine Constabulary Supervisory Unit for Security and Investigation Agencies** — ## Facts 1. **Initiation of Complaint**: On March 28, 1988, Veterans Manpower and Protective Services, Inc. (VMPSI) filed a complaint in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati,…

Title: U.S. Government Immunity in Commercial and Official Acts: G.R. Nos. 76607, 79470, 80018, 80258 (1988) Facts: This consolidated case involves multiple complaints filed in Philippine courts against U.S. military personnel and the U.S. government, arising from various commercial and official activities within U.S. military bases. Each case challenged the boundaries of the state immunity…

## Title: **Wenceslao Vinzons Tan vs. The Director of Forestry et al., G.R. No. 210 Phil. 244 (1965)** ### Facts: 1. **April 1961:** The Bureau of Forestry issued Notice No. 2087 for public bidding of 6,420 hectares of forest land in Olongapo, Zambales. 2. **May 22, 1961:** Deadline for bid submissions. Wenceslao Vinzons Tan’s application…

**Title:** JUSMAG Philippines vs. National Labor Relations Commission and Florencio Sacramento, Union President, JPFCEA **Facts:** Florencio Sacramento, an Illustrator 2 and Union President of JUSMAG Philippines-Filipino Civilian Employees Association (JPFCEA), was employed with the Joint United States Military Assistance Group to the Republic of the Philippines (JUSMAG-Philippines) from December 18, 1969, until his dismissal on…

**Title: People of the Philippines v. Manuel Beronilla, Filipino Velasco, Policarpo Paculdo, and Jacinto Adriatico** **Facts:** Arsenio Borjal, the elected mayor of La Paz, Abra, at the outbreak of World War II, continued his role during the Japanese occupation until a failed attempt on his life led him to Bangued on March 10, 1943. Manuel…

**Title: United States v. Maleza and Adlaon** **Facts:** On May 31, 1906, Luciano Maleza, acting as the Treasurer of the municipality of Sevilla in the Province of Bohol, certified a financial statement indicating payments made to carpenters and day laborers for work on the municipal building during 1903 and 1904. This statement, approved by the…

### Title People v. Silvestre and Atienza, 56 Phil. 353 (1930) ### Facts – **March 1930**: Romana Silvestre cohabits with Martin Atienza in Masocol, Paombong, Bulacan. – **May 16, 1930**: Domingo Joaquin, Silvestre’s second husband, files an adultery complaint supported by affidavits. – **May 16, 1930**: Silvestre and Atienza are arrested and released on ₱6,000…