Year: 2024

**Title: People of the Philippine Islands vs. Celerino Colocar** **Facts:** 1. **Incident Overview**: – **Date & Location**: On the night of May 2, 1933, in Calapan, Mindoro, Philippines. – **Act Committed**: Celerino Colocar allegedly set fire to a fish-net and a banca (boat) owned by Mauricio Ahorro. 2. **Witness Accounts**: – **Pacifico Inato**: – At…

Title: Etino v. People, 826 Phil. 32 Facts: On November 5, 2001, around 4:30 PM, while Jessierel Leyble was walking home to Barangay Pispis, Maasin, Iloilo with his companions, he was shot with a 12-gauge shotgun by Eden Etino. Leyble sustained gunshot wounds on his right shoulder and other parts of his body. Leyble and…

**Title:** Manila Bay Club Corporation vs. Court of Appeals, et al. (315 Phil. 805) **Facts:** Manila Bay Club Corporation (petitioner) entered into a ten-year lease contract beginning on March 4, 1988, with the Sabenianos (respondents) for a building located at 1408 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. The lease was set to expire on March 4, 1998.…

### Title: Jean L. Arnault vs. Leon Nazareno, Sergeant-at-Arms, Philippine Senate, and Eustaquio Balagtas, Director of Prisons (1950) ### Facts: In October 1949, the Philippine Government purchased two estates, Buenavista and Tambobong, for P4,500,000 and P500,000, respectively, through the Rural Progress Administration. P1,000,000 of these funds went to Ernest H. Burt, represented by Jean L.…

**Title:** Municipal Council of Lemery, Batangas vs. Provincial Board of Batangas, Vicente Noble, and Modesto Castillo **Facts:** In February 1931, the Municipal Council of Lemery, Batangas, passed Resolution No. 18, which sought to abolish the position of porter (janitor) for the Justice of the Peace and consolidate it with the position of the messenger for…

### Title: **Boyer-Roxas vs. Heirs of Eugenia V. Roxas, Inc.** ### Facts: 1. **Formation of Heirs of Eugenia V. Roxas, Inc.**: After the death of Eugenia V. Roxas, her heirs, including petitioners Rebecca Boyer-Roxas and Guillermo Roxas, incorporated the respondent corporation on December 4, 1962. The purpose was to manage inherited properties primarily for agricultural…

**Title**: Benny Y. Hung vs. BPI Card Finance Corp. (G.R. No. 184098, September 8, 2009) **Facts**: Guess? Footwear and BPI Express Card Corporation entered into two merchant agreements on August 25, 1994, and November 16, 1994, where Guess? Footwear agreed to honor valid BPI credit cards presented for purchases. Benny Y. Hung signed the agreements…

### Title: Alfredo Ching vs. The Secretary of Justice, et al. (G.R. No. 165879) ### Facts: Petitioner Alfredo Ching was the Senior Vice-President of Philippine Blooming Mills, Inc. (PBMI). Between September and October 1980, PBMI, through Ching, applied for commercial letters of credit from Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) to finance the importation of various…

**Title: Sergio F. Naguiat, Doing Business Under the Name and Style Sergio F. Naguiat Ent., Inc., & Clark Field Taxi, Inc. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, National Organization of Workingmen and its Members, Leonardo T. Galang, et al.** **Facts:** 1. **Contract with AAFES:** – Petitioner Clark Field Taxi, Inc. (CFTI), operated a taxi service within…

**Title:** Nenita L. Leano v. Hon. Eufemio C. Domingo, et al. **Facts:** Nenita L. Leano was designated Acting Cashier I of the Bureau of Quarantine effective January 1, 1984, following the absence of the regular cashier, Mrs. Adelaida Sanchez, who was accused of malversation of public funds. On the night of December 17-18, 1984, the…