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  Martinez v Martinez March 31, 1902 G.R. No. 445 J. Cooper Facts: This is an action brought by Pedro Martinez Ilustre, the son and the compulsory legal heir, against Francisco Martinez Garcia for a declaration of prodigality against the father. The son claimed that the father is dissipating and squandering his estate by making donations to his second wife and to her parents of properties amounting to over $200,000; that he has given over the administration of this estate to the management of his wife; that the defendant has a propensity for litigation and has instituted groundless actions against the plaintiff in order to take possession of the property held in common with the plaintiff to give it to his wife and her relatives. The defendant alleged that he has executed in favor of the plaintiff a general power of attorney under which the plaintiff has administered the community estate for several years; that the plaintiff has caused the ships Germana, Don Francisco, and Balayan, ...

    Bautista v. F.O. Borromeo, 32 SCRA 119 Facts: September 15,1964 accident along EDSA Roberto Tan (petitioner) owner of FORD Truck Abelardo Bautista (petitioner)driver of FORD truck Volkswagen delivery panel truck owned by Federico Borromeo Quintin Delgado, helper of the truck died. Borromeo had to pay Delgado's widow the sum of P4,444 representing the compensation (death benefit) and funeral expenses due Delgado under the Workmen's Compensation Act .             On June 17, 1965, upon the finding that the said vehicular accident was caused by petitioners' negligence, Borromeo started suit to recover from petitioners the compensation and funeral expenses it paid to the widow of Quintin Delgado . At the scheduled hearing of the case on July 23, 1965 neither petitioners nor their counsel appeared. Borromeo was then allowed to present its evidence ex parte . On the same day, the municipal court rendered ju...

  FACTS:                 Petitioner Pelayo, a physician, rendered a medical assistance during the child delivery of the daughter-in-law of the defendants. The just and equitable value of services rendered by him was P500.00 which the defendants refused to pay without alleging any good reason. With this, the plaintiff prayed that the judgment be entered in his favor as against the defendants for the sum of P500.00 and costs.                 The defendants denied all of the allegation of the plaintiff, contending that their daughter-in-law had died in consequence of the child-birth, and that when she was alive, she lived with her husband independently and in a separate house, that on the day she gave birth she was in the house of the defendants and her stay there was accidental and due to fortuitous circumstances. ISSUE:  ...

  National Power Corporation vs Angas Facts:            Petitioner National Power Corporation, filed two complaints for eminent domain against private respondents with the Court of First Instance of Lanao del Sur. The complaint which sought to expropriate certain specified lots situated at Limogao, Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur was for the purpose of the development of hydro-electric power and production of electricity as well as the erection of such subsidiary works and constructions as may be necessarily connected therewith. Subsequently, a consolidated decision was rendered by the lower court, declaring and confirming that the lots mentioned and described in the complaints have entirely been lawfully condemned and expropriated by the petitioner, and ordering the latter to pay the private respondents certain sums of money as just compensation for their lands expropriated “with legal interest thereon until fully paid.” Two consecutive ...

  Francisco Chavez vs. PCGG ( DIGEST ) 299 SCRA 744 ( G.R. No. 130716 ), December 9, 1998   FACTS: Petitioner Chavez, as taxpayer, citizen and former gov’t official, impelled to bring this action regarding several news reports on: (1) the alleged discovery of billions of dollars of Marcos assets deposited in various coded accounts in Swiss banks and (2) the reported  execution of a compromise , between the government (through PCGG) and the Marcos heirs, on how to split or share these assets. Petitioner, invoking his  constitutional right to information , demands that respondents make public any negotiations and agreements pertaining to PCGG’s task of recovering the Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth.  He claims that any compromise on the alleged billions of ill-gotten wealth involves an issue of  paramount public interest , since it has a “debilitating effect on the country’s economy” that would be greatly prejudicial to the national interest of the F...

  Coquilla vs COMELEC GR 88831 July 31, 2002 The term “residence” is to be understood not in its common acceptation as referring to “dwelling” or “habitation,” but rather to “domicile” or legal residence, that is, “the place where a party actually or constructively has his permanent home, where he, no matter where he may be found at any given time, eventually intends to return and remain (animus manendi).”   FACTS: Petitioner Coquilla was born on February 17, 1938 of Filipino parents in Oras, Eastern Samar. He grew up and resided there until 1965, when he joined the United States Navy. He was subsequently naturalized as a U.S. citizen. From 1970 to 1973, petitioner thrice visited the Philippines while on leave from the U.S. Navy. Otherwise, even after his retirement from the U.S. Navy in 1985, he remained in the United States.   On October 15, 1998, petitioner came to the Philippines and took out a residence certificate, although he continued making several tr...