Case Digest: PAL vs. CA and Co, G.R. No. 92501 (1992)
FACTS Isidro Co and his wife arrived at Manila International Airport (MIA) aboard PAL flight no. 107 from San Francisco with his 9th luggage missing. The luggage was a Samsonite…
Case Digest: Sps. Manalese v. The Estate of the Late Sps. Ferreras, G.R. No. 254046 (November 25, 2024)
Key Doctrines: A buyer must investigate both intrinsic (register/title) and extrinsic (circumstantial) evidence to claim good faith. Mere reliance on a “clean” title is insufficient when defects are apparent or…
Case Digest: People v. Reyes, G.R. No. 247563 (February 08, 2023)
DOCTRINE It is settled that an accused cannot be convicted of a crime, even if duly proven, unless it is alleged or necessarily included in the information filed against him…
Case Digest: Corpus v. People, G.R. No. 255740 (August 16, 2023)
DOCTRINE The accused cannot be convicted of an offense lesser than that charged if the lesser offense had already prescribed at the time the information was filed. To hold otherwise…
Case Digest: Buella v. People, G.R. No. 244027 (April 11, 2023)
DOCTRINE The appeal taken by petitioner shall be applied to Obay, Esperas, Valencia, and Pastorizo since it is favorable and applicable to them. FACTS Petitioner Jovit Buella, along with co-accused…
Case Digest: Atup v. People, G.R. No. 229395 (November 10, 2021)
DOCTRINE Time and again, the Court has stressed that the right to appeal is not a natural but a statutory privilege and must be pursued in accordance with the law.…
Case Digest: Francisco v. Lagman, A.C. No. 13035 (June 27, 2023)
DOCTRINE [T]here is no law or rule stating definitively that an offer to stipulate a fact that happens to be untrue would make the offeror liable for perjury. FACTS Atty.…
Case Digest: Van Dorn v. Romillo, Jr., G.R. No. L-68470 (October 8, 1985)
DOCTRINE A divorce decree issued by a foreign court dissolves the marriage. The purpose and effect of a decree of divorce from the bond of matrimony by a court of…
Case Digest: Pilapil v. Hon. Ibay-Somera, G.R. No. 80116 (June 30, 1989)
DOCTRINE Article 344 of the Revised Penal Code thus presupposes that the marital relationship is still subsisting at the time of the institution of the criminal action for adultery. FACTS…