Year: 2024

Title: **Araneta vs. Dinglasan: An Examination of Presidential Emergency Powers in the Philippines** **Facts:** The cases under scrutiny revolve around the challenge to the validity of executive orders issued by the President of the Philippines, presumably under the authority granted by Commonwealth Act No. 671, due to a state of national emergency resulting from the…

G.R. No. 51283. June 07, 1989 (Case Brief / Digest)

### Title: **Mariano vs. Court of Appeals and Sanchez: A Testament to Conjugal Liability and Non-Interference Among Co-Equal Courts** ### Facts: Esther Sanchez sued Lourdes Mariano for the recovery of the value of ladies’ dresses allegedly sold and delivered. The Court of First Instance at Caloocan City issued a preliminary attachment upon Esther’s request, leading…

G.R. No. 8715. October 24, 1914 (Case Brief / Digest)

Title: Veloso vs. Martinez Facts: The case initiated on July 1, 1911, when Mariano Veloso, the plaintiff, filed an action against Lucia Martinez, individually and as the administratrix of her deceased husband Domingo Franco’s estate, in the Court of First Instance of Cebu Province. The lawsuit sought the recovery of a specified parcel of land…

G.R. NO. 163980. August 03, 2006 (Case Brief / Digest)

### Title Holy Spirit Homeowners Association, Inc. vs. Secretary Michael Defensor et al. ### Facts The Holy Spirit Homeowners Association, Inc., represented by its president Nestorio F. Apolinario, Jr., filed a petition for prohibition under Rule 65 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, along with a prayer for a temporary restraining order and/or writ…

G.R. No. 177279. October 13, 2010 (Case Brief / Digest)

### Title: Commissioner of Internal Revenue vs. Hon. Raul M. Gonzalez, Secretary of Justice, et al. ### Facts: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) initiated a fraud investigation on L. M. Camus Engineering Corporation (LMCEC) for the taxable years 1997, 1998, and 1999 based on information from an “informer” about substantial income underdeclaration. Despite a…

G.R. No. 93729. November 13, 1992 (Case Brief / Digest)

### Title: People of the Philippines vs. Deogracias Jalon ### Facts: On August 8, 1986, Deogracias Jalon and Tadios Magsalos were charged in the Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental, Branch 21, Cagayan de Oro City, with the murder of Pelarito Abujan, allegedly committed on May 28, 1986. Jalon was arrested on October 27, 1986,…

G.R. No. 36886. February 01, 1932 (Case Brief / Digest)

### Title: **Clemente Laceste vs. Paulino Santos (Director of Prisons)** ### Facts: Clemente Laceste, along with Nicolas Lachica, was prosecuted and found guilty of rape committed against Magdalena de Ocampo. However, a significant turn of events occurred when Lachica married the victim. This marriage led to Lachica’s relief from criminal prosecution based on section 2…

G.R. No. L-36786. April 17, 1989 (Case Brief / Digest)

### Title: Pedro Lim v. Perfecto Jabalde ### Facts: Pedro Lim initiated a specific performance action on 29 August 1968 against Perfecto Jabalde to compel Jabalde to execute a deed of reconveyance for seven parcels of land in Cebu City. This stemmed from a previous case wherein to satisfy a court-ordered writ of execution for…

G.R. No. 138509. July 31, 2000 (Case Brief / Digest)