Year: 2024
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G.R. No. 68566. April 15, 1985 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: **Combate v. Hon. San Jose, Jr.: A Case of Constitutional Violations in Summary Procedure** ### Facts: 1. **Initial Charge**: – Alex Combate was charged with theft of a rooster worth P200, belonging to Romeo Posada. 2. **Court Proceedings**: – The case was filed in the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Magarao-Canaman, Camarines…
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G.R. No. L-27607. May 07, 1981 (Case Brief / Digest)
**Title:** People of the Philippines vs. Ben Cuevo **Facts:** On February 16, 1964, Ben Cuevo received from Prudential Bank and Trust Company 1,000 bags of grind yellow corn and 1,000 bags of palay under a trust receipt covered by Letter of Credit No. 5643, valued at ₱24,000. Cuevo was obligated to sell the goods, deliver…
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G.R. No. 80718. January 29, 1988 (Case Brief / Digest)
**Title: De Roy and Ramos vs. Court of Appeals and Bernal, et al.** **Facts:** Felisa P. De Roy and Virgilio Ramos owned a building that had been burned out. The collapse of a firefighter’s weakened wall resulted in serious consequences. The Bernal family occupied a tailoring shop near this wall. Despite being warned by De…
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A.C. No. 13664. January 23, 2023 (Case Brief / Digest)
**Title**: Atty. Pedro L. Linsangan vs. Atty. F. George P. Lucero **Facts**: 1. **Loan Acquisition and Issuance of Check**: On April 2, 2007, Atty. F. George P. Lucero (respondent) obtained a loan of PHP 100,000.00 from Atty. Pedro L. Linsangan (complainant) and issued a post-dated check dated April 30, 2007. 2. **Default and Check Dishonor**:…
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A.C. No. 13664. January 23, 2023 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: Atty. Pedro L. Linsangan vs. Atty. F. George P. Lucero ### Facts: On April 2, 2007, Atty. F. George P. Lucero (respondent) obtained a loan of PHP 100,000.00 from Atty. Pedro L. Linsangan (complainant) and issued a post-dated check dated April 30, 2007 as repayment. When the loan became due, respondent avoided contact…
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A.C. No. 13471. January 17, 2023 (Case Brief / Digest)
**Title:** _Masayon and Compas v. Renta_ **Facts:** Don Alberto C. Compas passed away, leaving behind multiple parcels of land shared between two families. The heirs agreed initially on selling the properties and dividing the proceeds. On December 13, 2013, they executed an Extra-Judicial Deed of Partition with a Special Power of Attorney authorizing Clifford M.…
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A.C. No. 13504. January 31, 2023 (Case Brief / Digest)
**Title:** Maria Cristina G. Dayos vs. Atty. Grace C. Buri, Disbarment Complaint **Facts:** 1. GB Global Exprez, Inc., represented by Maria Cristina G. Dayos (Dayos), hired Atty. Grace C. Buri (Atty. Buri) to handle its case entitled Albert M. Lugtu v. GB Global Exprez, Inc., and Benson Chua before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC…
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A.C. No. 13588. January 23, 2023 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: Navarrete v. Brillantes: Administrative Complaint for Disbarment **Facts:** 1. **Initial Incident**: On October 30, 2004, Atty. Constante V. Brillantes, Jr. drafted, prepared, and notarized a Deed of Real Estate Mortgage (DREM) in favor of Willy Sebastian involving a property co-owned by complainants Miguel G. Navarrete and Miguelito G. Navarrete, Jr. (complainants) and their…
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A.C. No. 13615 Formerly CBD Case No. 11-3166. January 31, 2023 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title Juliewhyn R. Quindoza v. Atty. Ernesto David Delos Santos and Atty. Marujita S. Palabrica, G.R. No. [Supreme Court Case Number], January 31, 2023 ### Facts 1. **Initial Complaint**: Juliewhyn R. Quindoza filed a complaint before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Commission on Bar Discipline to disbar Atty. Ernesto David Delos Santos…
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A.C. No. 12878. January 31, 2023 (Case Brief / Digest)
# **Tomas G. Tan vs. Atty. Dennis C. Pangan** ## **Title:** Tomas G. Tan vs. Atty. Dennis C. Pangan ## **Facts:** 1. On June 20, 2013, Tomas G. Tan (Tan) entered into an agreement with Atty. Dennis C. Pangan (Pangan) wherein Pangan would act as a collaborating counsel in a civil case pending before the…