Category: Case Briefs

**Title: Baranda and Hitalia v. Judge Gustilo, et al. (G.R. No. L-67661, 248 Phil. 205)** **Facts:** 1. **Initial Filings and Writs**: Eduardo S. Baranda and Alfonso Hitalia initially filed a petition for reconstitution of title for Lot No. 4517, Sta. Barbara Cadastre, covered by Original Certificate of Title (OCT) No. 6406. OCT No. 6406 was…

**Title:** Abelardo B. Licaros vs. Sandiganbayan and the Special Prosecutor **Facts:** 1. **June 5, 1982:** The Legaspi City Branch of the Central Bank is robbed, losing P19,731,320.00. 2. **June 6, 1982:** Modesto Licaros and four companions deliver stolen money to Home Savings Bank in Intramuros, Manila, where petitioner Abelardo B. Licaros is Vice Chairman and…

**Title:** # Ylarde v. Aquino: Teachers’ Negligence and Liability for Student Safety **Facts:** 1. In 1963, Mariano Soriano was the principal of Gabaldon Primary School in Tayug, Pangasinan, and Edgardo Aquino was a teacher there. 2. Leftover concrete blocks from a destroyed school shop posed hazards. A fellow teacher, Sergio Banez, started burying these blocks…

**Title:** School of the Holy Spirit of Quezon City and/or Sr. Cris Pina A. Tolentino, S.SP.S. vs. Corazon P. Taguiam, G.R. No. 158921 **Facts:** 1. **March 10, 2000:** – Respondent Corazon P. Taguiam, a Grade 5 Adviser at School of the Holy Spirit, distributed parental/guardian permit forms for a year-end swimming party authorized by the…

### Title: **Filamer Christian Institute vs. Hon. Court of Appeals, et al.** ### Facts: 1. **Incident Occurrence**: On October 20, 1977, at 6:30 PM, Potenciano Kapunan, Sr., an 82-year-old retired schoolteacher, was struck by a Pinoy jeep. The jeep was owned by Filamer Christian Institute and driven by Daniel Funtecha. 2. **Driver Details**: Funtecha, holding…

**Title: Santiago vs. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority** **Facts:** Victoria M. Rodriguez, Armando G. Mateo, and Pedro R. Santiago filed a complaint for recovery of possession of property against the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on March 12, 2002. Rodriguez, as the sole heir and administrator of Hermogenes Rodriguez’s estate, leased two parcels of land to…

**Title:** Tandog, et al. vs. Macapagal, et al., G.R. No. 140661 **Facts:** The land in question, covering 147,991 square meters, is located in Sitio Inarawan, Barangay Inuman, San Isidro, Antipolo City. The petitioners, Efren Tandog and others, claim that they and their predecessors-in-interest have been in continuous, open, and notorious possession of the land, dating…

**Title: Madridejo vs. De Leon, 55 Phil. 1 (1930)** **Facts:** Eulogio de Leon and Flaviana Perez, a married couple, had one son, Domingo de Leon. Eulogio died in 1915. Following his death, Flaviana lived with a bachelor, Pedro Madridejo. On June 1, 1917, a child named Melecio Madridejo was registered as the son of Pedro…

**Title:** Shigenori Kuroda vs. Major General Rafael Jalandoni, et al., 83 Phil. 171 (1949) **Facts:** 1. **Background of Petitioner:** Shigenori Kuroda, formerly a Lieutenant-General of the Japanese Imperial Army and Commanding General of the Japanese Imperial Forces in the Philippines during 1943 and 1944. 2. **Charges:** Kuroda was charged before a Military Commission for failing…

**Title:** Restituto Binabay v. People of the Philippines, et al. **Facts:** On June 28, 1969, an information was filed charging Restituto Binabay with the serious illegal detention of a minor, Georgie Malongat. The allegation stated that on June 26, 1969, Binabay kidnapped the one-and-a-half-year-old child from Fort Bonifacio, Rizal, detaining him for about seven hours.…