Case Digests

G.R. No. L-2201 FACTS: The defendant-appellant, Santiago Mateo, admitted to altering a burial permit. He erased the word “Loma,” the name of the cemetery originally designated […]

G.R. No. L-1724 FACTS: Plaintiff-appellant Alejandro Reyes filed an action against defendant-appellee Francisco Martinez upon a promissory note for 1,200 pesos. The defendant’s sole defense was […]

G.R. No. L-2058 FACTS: Plaintiff-appellee Jose Mas, as administrator of the estate of Francisca Hilario, filed an action for recovery of possession of a parcel of […]

G.R. No. L-2075 FACTS: Victor Quiamson was convicted of brigandage under Act No. 518. The prosecution alleged that between August 1902 and April 1903, he aided […]

G.R. No. L-2061 FACTS: The defendant-appellant, Marcos Zafra, was charged in two separate criminal cases arising from an altercation in San Carlos. Case No. 601 charged […]

G.R. No. L-1788 FACTS: Defendants Juan Tulagan, Esteban Ramos, Emeterio Gonzaga, and Mariano Escobar were charged with robo en cuadrilla (robbery in band). They were convicted […]

G.R. No. L-2108, December 18, 1905 FACTS: Margarita Jose, a Philippine citizen, died in Amoy, China, in 1902. Her last will was probated in the Court […]

G.R. No. L-2083 FACTS: The defendant, Manual Chan-Cun-Chay, was charged in the Municipal Court of Manila with violating Section 1 of City Ordinance No. 2 for […]

G.R. No. L-2106 FACTS: The accused, Jose R. Padilla, an enlisted man of the Constabulary, was on sentry duty at the barracks in Isabela de Basilan. […]