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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2018 > January 2018 Decisions > G.R. No. 212472, January 11, 2018 - SPECIFIED CONTRACTORS & DEVELOPMENT, INC., AND SPOUSES ARCHITECT ENRIQUE O. OLONAN AND CECILIA R. OLONAN, Petitioners, v. JOSE A. POBOCAN, Respondent.:




G.R. No. 212472, January 11, 2018 - SPECIFIED CONTRACTORS & DEVELOPMENT, INC., AND SPOUSES ARCHITECT ENRIQUE O. OLONAN AND CECILIA R. OLONAN, Petitioners, v. JOSE A. POBOCAN, Respondent.

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

FIRST DIVISION

G.R. No. 212472, January 11, 2018

SPECIFIED CONTRACTORS & DEVELOPMENT, INC., AND SPOUSES ARCHITECT ENRIQUE O. OLONAN AND CECILIA R. OLONAN, Petitioners, v. JOSE A. POBOCAN, Respondent.

D E C I S I O N

TIJAM, J.:

This Petition for Review on Certiorari1 under Rule 45 urges this Court to reverse and set aside the November 27, 2013 Decision2 and April 28, 2014 Resolution3 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 99994, and to affirm instead the June 4, 2012 Order4 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City, Branch 92, in Civil Case No. Q-11-70338. The court a quo had granted the Motion to Dismiss5 of Specified Contractors & Development Inc. (Specified Contractors), and Spouses Architect Enrique O. Olonan and Cecilia R. Olonan (collectively referred to as petitioners), thereby dismissing the action for specific performance filed by respondent Jose A. Pobocan. The dismissal of the case was subsequently set aside by the CA in the assailed decision and resolution.

It is undisputed that respondent was in the employ of Specified Contractors until his retirement sometime in March 2011. His last position was president of Specified Contractors and its subsidiary, Starland Properties Inc., as well as executive assistant of its other subsidiaries and affiliates.

Architect Olonan allegedly6 agreed to give respondent one (1) unit for every building Specified Contractors were able to construct as part of respondent's compensation package to entice him to stay with the company Two (2) of these projects that Specified Contractors and respondent were able to build were the Xavierville Square Condominium in Quezon City and the Sunrise Holiday Mansion Bldg. I in Alfonso, Cavite. Pursuant to the alleged oral agreement, Specified Contractors supposedly ceded, assigned and transferred Unit 708 of Xavierville Square Condominium and Unit 208 of Sunrise Holiday Mansion Bldg. I (subject units) in favor of respondent.

In a March 14, 2011 letter7 addressed to petitioner Architect Enrique Olonan as chairman of Specified Contractors, respondent requested the execution of Deeds of Assignment or Deeds of Sale over the subject units in his favor, along with various other benefits, in view of his impending retirement on March 19, 2011.

When respondent's demand was unheeded, he filed a Complaint8 on November 21, 2011 before the RTC of Quezon City praying that petitioners be ordered to execute and deliver the appropriate deeds of conveyance and to pay moral and exemplary damages, as well as attorney's fees.

On January 17, 2012, petitioners, instead of filing an answer, interposed a Motion to Dismiss9 denying the existence of the alleged oral agreement. They argued that, even assuming arguendo that there was such an oral agreement, the alleged contract is unenforceable for being in violation of the statute of frauds, nor was there any written document, note or memorandum showing that the subject units have in fact been ceded, assigned or transferred to respondent. Moreover, assuming again that said agreement existed, the cause of action had long prescribed because the alleged agreements were supposedly entered into in 1994 and 1999 as indicated in respondent's March 14, 2011 demand letter, supra, annexed to the complaint.

The RTC, in granting10 the motion, dismissed the respondent's complaint in its June 4, 2012 Order. While the RTC disagreed with petitioners that the action had already prescribed under Articles 114411 and 114512 of the New Civil Code, by reasoning that the complaint is in the nature of a real action which prescribes after 30 years conformably with Article 114113, it nonetheless agreed that the alleged agreement should have been put into writing, and that such written note, memorandum or agreement should have been attached as actionable documents to respondent's complaint.

On appeal, the CA reversed14 the RTC's June 4, 2012 Order, reasoning that the dismissal of respondent's complaint, anchored on the violation of the statute of frauds, is unwarranted since the rule applies only to executory and not to completed or partially consummated contracts. According to the CA, there was allegedly partial performance of the alleged obligation based on: (1) the respondent's possession of the subject units; (2) the respondent's payment of condominium dues and realty tax for Unit 708 Xavierville Square Condominium; (3) the endorsement by petitioners of furniture/equipment for Unit 208 Sunrise Holiday Mansion I; and (4) that shares on the rental from Unit 208 Sunrise Holiday Mansion I were. allegedly received by the respondent and deducted from his monthly balance on the furniture/equipment account.

Petitioners countered that while there is no dispute that respondent had been occupying Unit 708 - previously Unit 803 - of Xavierville Square Condominium, this was merely out of tolerance in view of respondent's then position as president of the company and without surrender of ownership. Petitioners also insisted that Unit 208 of Sunrise Holiday Mansion I continues to be under their possession and control. Thus, finding that the motion to dismiss was predicated on disputable grounds, the CA declared in its assailed decision that a trial on the merits is necessary to determine once and for all the nature of the respondent's possession of the subject units.

Aggrieved, petitioners sought reconsideration of the CA decision, but were unsuccessful. Hence, the present petition raising three issues:

  1. Whether or not the RTC had jurisdiction over the respondent's complaint considering that the allegations therein invoked a right over the subject condominium units as part of his compensation package, thus a claim arising out of an employer-employee relationship cognizable by the labor arbiter;15
  2. Whether or not the respondent's cause of action had already prescribed;16 and
  3. Whether or not the action was barred by the statute of frauds.17

Resolution of the foregoing issues calls for an examination of the allegations in the complaint and the nature of the action instituted by respondent. As will be discussed later, there is merit in petitioners' insistence that respondent's right of action was already barred by the statute of limitations.

What determines the nature of the action and which court has jurisdiction over it are the allegations in the complaint and the character of the relief sought.18 In his complaint, respondent claimed that petitioners promised to convey to him the subject units to entice him to stay with their company. From this, respondent prayed that petitioners be compelled to perform their part of the alleged oral agreement. The objective of the suit is to compel petitioners to perform an act specifically, to execute written instruments pursuant to a previous oral contract. Notably, the respondent does not claim ownership of, nor title to, the subject properties.

Not all actions involving real property are real actions. In Spouses Saraza, et al. v. Francisco19, it was clarified that:

x x x Although the end result of the respondent's claim was the transfer of the subject property to his name, the suit was still essentially for specific performance, a personal action, because it sought Fernando's execution of a deed of absolute sale based on a contract which he had previously made.

Similarly, that the end result would be the transfer of the subject units to respondent's name in the event that his suit is decided in his favor is "an anticipated consequence and beyond the cause for which the action [for specific performance with damages] was instituted."20 Had respondent's action proceeded to trial, the crux of the controversy would have been the existence or non-existence of the alleged oral contract from which would flow respondent's alleged right to compel petitioners to execute deeds of conveyance. The transfer of property sought by respondent is but incidental to or an offshoot of the determination of whether or not there is indeed, to begin with, an agreement to convey the properties in exchange for services rendered.

Cabutihan v. Landcenter Construction & Development Corporation21 explains thus:

A close scrutiny of National Steel and Ruiz reveals that the prayers for the execution of a Deed of Sale were not in any way connected to a contract, like the Undertaking in this case. Hence, even if there were prayers for the execution of a deed of sale, the actions filed in the said cases were not for specific performance.

In the present case, petitioner seeks payment of her services in accordance with the undertaking the parties signed.

It is axiomatic that jurisdiction over the subject matter of a case is conferred by law and is determined by the allegations in the complaint and the character of the relief sought, irrespective of whether the plaintiff is entitled to all or some of the claims asserted therein.22 We therefore find that respondent correctly designated his . complaint as one for specific performance consistent with his allegations and prayer therein. Accordingly, respondent's suit is one that is incapable of pecuniary estimation and indeed cognizable by the RTC of Quezon City where both parties reside. As stated in Surviving Heirs of Alfredo R. Bautista v. Lindo:23

Settled jurisprudence considers some civil actions as incapable of pecuniary estimation, viz:

  1. Actions for specific performance;

While the lack of jurisdiction of a court may be raised at any stage of an action, nevertheless, the party raising such question may be estopped if he has actively taken part in the very proceedings which he questions and he only objects to the court's jurisdiction because the judgment or the order subsequently rendered is adverse to him.24 In this case, petitioners' Motion to Dismiss, Reply25 to the opposition on the motion, and Sur-rejoinder26 only invoked the defenses of statute of frauds and prescription before the RTC. It was only after the CA reversed the RTC's grant of the motion to dismiss that petitioners raised for the first time the issue of jurisdiction in their Motion for Reconsideration.27 Clearly, petitioners are estopped from raising this issue after actively taking part in the proceedings before the RTC, obtaining a favorable ruling, and then making an issue of it only after the CA reversed the RTC's order.

Even if this Court were to entertain the petitioners' belated assertion that jurisdiction belongs to the labor arbiter as this case involves a claim arising from an employer-employee relationship, reliance by petitioners on Domondon v. NLRC28 is misplaced. In Domondon, the existence of the agreement on the transfer of car-ownership was not in issue but rather, the entitlement of a former employee to his entire monetary claims against a former employer, considering that the said employee had not paid the balance of the purchase price of a company car which the employee opted to retain. In the present case, the existence of the alleged oral agreement, from which would flow the right to compel performance, is in issue.

As the Court has ascertained that the present suit is essentially for specific performance - a personal action - over which the court a quo had jurisdiction, it was therefore erroneous for it to have treated the complaint as a real action which prescribes after 30 years under Article 1141 of the New Civil Code. In a personal action, the plaintiff seeks the recovery of personal property, the enforcement of a contract, or the recovery of damages.29 Real actions, on the other hand, are those affecting title to or possession of real property, or interest therein.30 As a personal action based upon an oral contract, Article 1145 providing a prescriptive period of six years applies in this case instead. The shorter period provided by law to institute an action based on an oral contract is due to the frailty of human memory. Nothing prevented the parties from reducing the alleged oral agreement into writing, stipulating the same in a contract of employment or partnership, or even mentioning the same in an office memorandum early on.

While the respondent's complaint was ingeniously silent as to when the alleged oral agreement came about, his March 14, 2011 demand letter annexed to his complaint categorically cites the year 1994 as when he and Architect Olonan allegedly had an oral agreement to become "industrial partners" for which he would be given a unit from every building they constructed. From this, Unit 208 of Sunrise Holiday Mansion I was allegedly assigned to him. Then he went on to cite his resignation in October of 1997 and his re-employment with the company on December 1, 1999 for which he was allegedly given Unit 803 of the Xavierville Square Condominium, substituted later on by Unit 708 thereof.

The complaint for specific performance was instituted on November 21, 2011, or 17 years from the oral agreement of 1994 and almost 12 years after the December 1, 1999 oral agreement. Thus, the respondent's action upon an oral contract was filed beyond the six-year period within which he should have instituted the same.

Respondent argued that the prescriptive period should not be counted from 1994 because the condominium units were not yet in existence at that time, and that the obligation would have arisen after the units were completed and ready for occupancy. Article 134731 of the New Civil Code is, however, clear that future things may be the object of a contract. This is the reason why real estate developers engage in pre-selling activities. But even if we were to entertain respondent's view, his right of action would still be barred by the statute of limitations.

Condominium Certificate of Title (CCT) No. N-1834732 for Unit 708 of Xavierville Square Condominium, copy of which was annexed to the complaint, was issued on September 11, 1997 or more than 13 years before respondent's March 14, 2011 demand letter. CCT No. CT-61333 for Unit 208 of Sunrise Holiday Mansion Building I; also annexed to the complaint, was issued on March 12, 1996 or 14 years before respondent's March 14, 2011 demand letter. Indubitably, in view of the instant suit for specific performance being a personal action funded upon an oral contract which must be brought within six years from the accrual of the right, prescription had already set in.

Inasmuch as the complaint should have been dismissed by the RTC on the ground of prescription, which fact is apparent from the complaint and its annexes, it is no longer necessary to delve into the applicability of the statute of frauds.

WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED. Accordingly, the Court of Appeals' November 27, 2013 Decision and April 28, 2014 Resolution in CA-G.R. CV No. 99994 are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. We sustain the dismissal of Civil Case No. Q-11-70338, but on the ground that the action for specific performance had already prescribed.

SO ORDERED.

Sereno, C.J., (Chairperson), Leonardo-De Castro, Del Castillo, and Jardeleza, JJ., concur.

Endnotes:


1Rollo, pp. 11-38.

2 Id. at 52-58, penned by Associate Justice Japar B. Dimaampao and concurred in by Associate Justices Elihu A. Yba�ez and Victoria Isabel A. Paredes.

3 Id. at 61-62.

4 Id. at 168-174, penned by Presiding Judge Eleuterio L. Bathan.

5 Id. at 77-83.

6 Infra.

7Rollo, pp. 74-75.

8 Id. at 67-69.

9 Id. at 77-83.

10 Id. at 173-174.

11ART. 1144. The following actions must be brought within ten years from the time the right of action accrues:

(1) Upon a written contract;
(2) Upon an obligation created by law;
(3) Upon a judgment.

12ART. 1145. The following actions must be commenced within six years:

(1) Upon an oral contract;
(2) Upon a quasi-contract

13ART. 1141. Real actions over immovables prescribe after thirty years.

This provision is without prejudice to what is established for the acquisition of ownership and other real rights by prescription.

14Rollo, at p. 58.

15 Id. at 21-23.

16 Id. at 23-24.

17 Id. at 33.

18Nilo Padre v. Fructosa Badillo, Fedila Badillo, Presentacion Caballes, et al., 655 Phil. 52, 64 (2011).

19 722 Phil. 346, 357 (2013).

20 Id.

21 432 Phil. 927, 938 (2002).

22Russell v. Vestil, 364 Phil. 392, 401 (1999).

23 728 Phil. 630, 638 (2014).

24National Steel Corporation v. Court of Appeals, 362 Phil. 150, 160 (1999).

25Rollo, pp. 88-94.

26 Id. at 116-121.

27 Id. at 196-206.

28 508 Phil. 541 (2005).

29Marcos-Araneta, et al., v. Court of Appeals, et al., 585 Phil. 58 (2008).

30 Id.

31ART. 1347. All things which are not outside the commerce of men, including future things, may be the object of a contract.

32Rollo, p. 70.

33 Id. at 71.




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  • G.R. No. 207354, January 10, 2018 - CHARLIE HUBILLA, JOEL NAYRE, NENITA A. TAN, PEDRO MAGALLANES, JR., ARNEL YUSON, JANICE CABATBAT, JUDY PAPINA, VANESSA ESPIRITU, NOEMI YALUNG, GENALYN RESCOBILLO, FIDEL ZAQUITA, NYL B. CALINGASAN, JANICE MIRADORA, EVANGELINE CHUA, ROSCHELLE MISSION, MELANIE BALLESTEROS, MARILYN BACALSO, RENALYN ALCANTARA, FEDERICO B. VIERNES, CHRISTOPHER B. YARES, ANA MARY R. AGUILAR, MELANIE SAN MARCOS, EMERLOVE MONTE, CHONALYN LUCAS, THERESA MALICOSIO, MA. FE CERCARES, RUBELYN R. CLARO, JONALYN M. YALUNG, MARY ANN V. MACANAG, RESLYN L. FLORES, CRISTEL C. ROQUE, TERESA G. MUNAR, SUSAN A. DELA CRUZ, SHEENA KAY P. DE VERA, ARLENE R. ANES, GINA B. BINIBINI, CHERINE V. ZORILLA, MA. CRISTINE MAGTOTO, FRANCIS MARIE O. DE CASTRO, VANESSA R. ESPIRITU, RACHELLE V. QUISTORIA, JULIE ANN ILAN, ANGELIE F. PANOTES, ANABEL PAYOS, MELISSA M. PERLAS, MELANIE B. BERSES, BARVI ROSE PERALTA, RESIE AQUE, ROWENA RIVERA, MELANIE M. DY, CHERYLYN CORO, RANELYN SUBONG, ANGELA SUBILLAGA, THELMA BARTOLABAC, MICHELLE C. ILAGAN, PRECIOUS MAE DE GUZMAN, MARY CAROLINE COLINA, FRELYN HIPOLITO, MYLINE A. CALLOS, JANETH B. SEMBILLO, LEA LYN F. FERRANCO, MAY C. SANTOS, ROSELLE A. NOBLE, JENNIFER D. SUYOM, WARREN PETCHIE C. CAJES, ROWELYN F. CATALAN, RIEZEL ANN A. ALEGRE, DEMETRIA B. PEREZ, GENALYN OSOC, JUVILYN N. NERI, JOY B. PIMENTEL, AIRENE LAYON, MARY JOY TURQUEZA, MARY ANN VALENTIN, ROSIE L. NIEBRES, MELCA MALLORCA, JOY CAGATCAGAT, DIANA CAMARO, MARIVEL DIJUMO, SHEILA DELA CRUZ, ELIZABETH ARINGO, JENALYN G. DISMAYA, MELANIE G. TRIA, GRETCHEN D. MEJOS, AND JANELIE R. JIMENEZ, Petitioners, v. HSY MARKETING LTD., CO., WANTOFREE ORIENTAL TRADING, INC., COEN FASHION HOUSE AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, ASIA CONSUMER VALUE TRADING, INC., FABULOUS JEANS & SHIRT & GENERAL MERCHANDISE, LSG MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, UNITE GENERAL MERCHANDISE, ROSARIO Q. CO, LUCIA PUN LING YEUNG, AND ALEXANDER ARQUEZA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 215713, January 22, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOBBY S. ABELARDE, Accused-Appellant.

  • A.M. No. P-17-3771 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 11-3689-P), January 24, 2018 - JUDGE DENNIS B. CASTILLA, Complainant, v. MARIA LUZ A. DUNCANO, CLERK OF COURT IV, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, BUTUAN, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 203081, January 17, 2018 - LINDA CACHO, MINORS SARAH JANE, JACQUELINE, FIRE RINA AND MARK LOUISE ALL SURNAMED CACHO, ALL REPRESENTED BY THEIR MOTHER AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM LINDA CACHO, Petitioners, v. GERARDO MANAHAN, DAGUPAN BUS CO., INC., AND RENATO DE VERA DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME R. M. DE VERA CONSTRUCTION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 210766, January 08, 2018 - MARIA CONCEPCION N. SINGSON A.K.A. CONCEPCION N. SINGSON, Petitioner, v. BENJAMIN L. SINGSON, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 207074, January 17, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. MICHELLE SORIANO GALLO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 195878, January 10, 2018 - MAGSAYSAY MITSUI OSK MARINE, INC., KOYO MARINE, CO. LTD., AND CONRADO DELA CRUZ, Petitioners, v. OLIVER G. BUENAVENTURA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 230404, January 31, 2018 - IN THE MATTER OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF REYNALDO GUZMAN RODRIGUEZ; ANITA ONG TAN, Petitioner, v. ROLANDO C. RODRIGUEZ, RACQUEL R. GEGAJO*, ROSALINDA R. LANDON, REYNALDO C. RODRIGUEZ, JR., ESTER R. FULGENCIO, RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ AND REYNEST C. RODRIGUEZ, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 216057, January 08, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, v. CEFERINO VILLACAMPA Y CADIENTE @ "DADDY GAGA," Appellant.

  • A.C. No. 9000, January 10, 2018 - TOMAS P. TAN, JR., Complainant, v. ATTY. HAIDE V. GUMBA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 205813, January 10, 2018 - ALFREDO F. LAYA, JR., Petitioner, v. PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK AND RICARDO A. BALBIDO, JR., Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 192971, January 10, 2018 - FLORO MERCENE, Petitioner, v. GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, Respondent.

  • A.M. No. RTJ-11-2301 [Formerly A.M. No. 11-3-55-RTC], January 16, 2018 - OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, v. JUDGE PERLA V. CABRERA� FALLER, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OPHELIA G. SULUEN AND PROCESS SERVER RIZALINO RINALDI B. PONTEJOS, ALL OF THE RTC, BRANCH 90, DASMARI�AS, CAVITE, Respondents.; A.M. No. RTJ-11-2302 [FORMERLY A.M. No. 11-7-125-RTC] - OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, v. PRESIDING JUDGE FERNANDO L. FELICEN, CLERK OF COURT V ATTY. ALLAN SLY M. MARASIGAN, SHERIFF IV ANSELMO P. PAGUNSAN, JR., COURT STENOGRAPHERS ROSALIE MARANAN AND TERESITA P. REYES, COURT INTERPRETER IMELDA M. JUNTILLA, AND PROCESS SERVER HIPOLITO O. FERRER, ALL OF THE RTC, BRANCH 20, IMUS, CAVITE; PRESIDING JUDGE NORBERTO J. QUISUMBING, JR., CLERK OF COURT ATTY. MARIA CRISTITA A. RIVAS�SANTOS, LEGAL RESEARCHER MANUELA O. OSORIO, SHERIFF IV FILMAR M. DE VILLA, COURT STENOGRAPHERS MARILOU CAJIGAL, WENDILYN T. ALMEDA AND HELEN B. CARALUT, COURT INTERPRETER ELENITA T. DE VILLA, AND PROCESS SERVER ELMER S. AZCUETA, ALL OF THE RTC, BRANCH 21, IMUS, CAVITE; PRESIDING JUDGE CESAR A. MANGROBANG, CLERK OF COURT VI ATTY. REGALADO E. EUSEBIO, CLERK OF COURT V ATTY. SETER M. DELA CRUZ-CORDEZ, LEGAL RESEARCHER DEVINA A. REYES BERMUDEZ, COURT STENOGRAPHERS PRISCILLA P. HERNANDEZ, NORMITA Z. FABIA, MERLY O. PARCERO, AND JOYCE ANN F. SINGIAN, COURT INTERPRETER MICHELLE A. ALARCON, AND PROCESS SERVER ELMER S. AZCUETA, ALL OF THE RTC, BRANCH 22, IMUS, CAVITE; EXECUTIVE JUDGE PERLA V. CABRERA�FALLER, CLERK OF COURT ZENAIDA C. NOGUERA, SHERIFF IV TOMAS C. AZURIN, OIC LEGAL RESEARCHER OPHELIA G. SULUEN, COURT STENOGRAPHERS JESUSA B. SAN JOSE, ROSALINA A. COSTUNA, AND MARIA LOURDES M. SAPINOSO, COURT INTERPRETER MERLINA S. FERMA, AND PROCESS SERVER RIZALINO RINALDI B. PONTEJOS, ALL OF THE RTC, BRANCH 90, DASMARI�AS, CAVITE, Respondents.; A.M. No. 12-9-188-RTC - RE: ANONYMOUS LETTER� COMPLAINT AGAINST JUDGE PERLA V. CABRERA-FALLER, BRANCH 90, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, DASMARI�AS CITY, CAVITE, RELATIVE TO CIVIL CASE NO. 1998-08

  • G.R. No. 194214, January 10, 2018 - MARILOU PUNONGBAYAN-VISITACION, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND CARMELITA P. PUNONGBAYAN, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 200469, January 15, 2018 - PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK, Petitioner, v. JOSEPHINE L. PAPA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 205440, January 15, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. YOLANDO B. PANERIO ALIAS JOHN "YOLLY" LABOR AND ALEX (JOJO) F. ORTEZA, ACCUSED, YOLANDO B. PANERIO, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 214291, January 11, 2018 - AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION; AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION (A.P.C.), B.V.; AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION (PHILS.) B.V.; DAVID W. PLUMER, JR.; GEORGE KONG; AND ALICIA HENDY, Petitioners, v. JASON YU LIM, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 225596, January 10, 2018 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALEXANDER ALVARO Y DE LEON AND ROSALIE GERONIMO Y MADERA, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 210610, January 11, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARILOU HILARIO Y DIANA AND LALAINE GUADAYO Y ROYO, ACCUSED. MARILOU HILARIO Y DIANA, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. Nos. 206841-42, January 19, 2018 - ARMANDO GO, Petitioner, v. EAST OCEANIC LEASING AND FINANCE CORPORATION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208835, January 19, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NOEL BEJIM Y ROMERO, Accused-Appellant.

  • A.M. No. P-17-3639 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 14-4314-P), January 23, 2018 - MA. CECILIA FERMINA T. ROXAS, Complainant, v. ALLEN FRANCISCO S. SICAT, SHERIFF III, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, ANGELES CITY, PAMPANGA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 219683, January 23, 2018 - HON. JONATHAN A. DELA CRUZ AND HON. GUSTAVO S. TAMBUNTING, AS MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND AS TAXPAYERS, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. JOSEPH EMILIO A. ABAYA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; AND HON. ROSALIA V. DE LEON, IN HER CAPACITY AS THE NATIONAL TREASURER, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 225690, January 17, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GERALD ARVIN ELINTO RAMIREZ AND BELINDA GALIENBA LACHICA, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 204039, January 10, 2018 - UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK, Petitioner, v. SPOUSES WALTER UY AND LILY UY, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 195887, January 10, 2018 - BEN LINE AGENCIES PHILIPPINES, INC., REP. BY RICARDO J. JAMANDRE, Petitioner, v. CHARLES M.C. MADSON AND ALFREDO P. AMORADO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 212994, January 31, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSHUA QUE Y UTUANIS, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 230144, January 22, 2018 - THE MANILA BANKING CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 216017, January 19, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NI�O FLOR Y MORA, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 188243, January 24, 2018 - LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. RAUL T. MANZANO, JOSE R. JUGO, RAMON H. MANZANO, AND HEIRS OF PILAR T. MANZANO, NAMELY: RICARDO T. MANZANO, JR., RENATO T. MANZANO, JR., RAMON T. MANZANO, JR., RAUL T. MANZANO, RAFAEL T. MANZANO, ROBERTO T. MANZANO, AND REGINA T. MANZANO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 231792, January 29, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALVIN JUGO Y VILLANUEVA, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 197920, January 22, 2018 - DEMOSTHENES R. ARBILON, Petitioner, v. SOFRONIO MANLANGIT, Respondent.

  • A.M. No. P-18-3796 (Formerly OCA IPI No.16-4545-P), January 22, 2018 - ATTY. MA. JASMINE P. LOOD, MARY JANE G. CORPUZ, AND MA. HAZEL P. SEBIAL, Complainants, v. RUEL V. DELICANA, LEGAL RESEARCHER, BRANCH 3, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES [MTCC], GENERAL SANTOS CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208775, January 22, 2018 - JORGE DABON, a.k.a. GEORGE DEBONE @ GEORGE, Petitioner, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208638, January 24, 2018 - SPOUSES FRANCISCO ONG AND BETTY LIM ONG, AND SPOUSES JOSEPH ONG CHUAN AND ESPERANZA ONG CHUAN, Petitioners, v. BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 191460, January 31, 2018 - PERFECTO M. PASCUA, Petitioner, v. BANK WISE, INC. AND PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK, Respondent.; G.R. No. 191464, January 31, 2018 - BANKWISE, INC., Petitioner, v. PERFECTO M. PASCUA AND PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 226400, January 24, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSELITO BRINGCULA Y FERNANDEZ, Accused-Appellant.

  • A.C. No. 10684, January 24, 2018 - ILUMINADA D. YUZON, Complainant, v. ATTY. ARNULFO M. AGLERON, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 227577, January 24, 2018 - ANGEL FUELLAS DIZON, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILLIPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 229512, January 31, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RONALDO PAZ Y DIONISIO @ "JEFF", Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 195472, January 08, 2018 - SAMSON LIM BIO HIAN, Petitioner, v. JOAQUIN LIM ENG TIAN, Respondent.; G.R. No. 195568, January 08, 2018 - JOHNSON LIM BIO TIONG, Petitioner, v. JOAQUIN LIM ENG TIAN, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 200401, January 17, 2018 - METRO RAIL TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. GAMMON PHILIPPINES, INC., Respondent.

  • A.M. No. MTJ-18-1908 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 14-2674-MTJ), January 16, 2018 - BERNARDITA F. ANTIPORDA, Complainant, v. FRANCISCO A. ANTE, JR., PRESIDING JUDGE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, VIGAN, CITY, ILOCOS SUR, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 207613, January 31, 2018 - REYMAN G. MINSOLA, Petitioner, v. NEW CITY BUILDERS, INC. AND ENGR. ERNEL FAJARDO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 222317, January 24, 2018 - ST. PAUL COLLEGE, PASIG, AND SISTER TERESITA BARICAUA, SPC, Petitioners, v. ANNA LIZA L. MANCOL AND JENNIFER CECILE S. VALERA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 213465, January 08, 2018 - CAREER PHILIPPINES SHIPMANAGEMENT, INC.; COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT LTD. LIBERIA; AND/OR SAMPAGUITA D. MARAVE, Petitioners, v. DONARD P. SILVESTRE, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 228799, January 10, 2018 - MACTAN ROCK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND ANTONIO TOMPAR, Petitioners, v. BENFREI S. GERMO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 224673, January 22, 2018 - CECILIA RIVAC, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 226103, January 24, 2018 - GENERATO M. HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. MAGSAYSAY MARITIME CORPORATION, SAFFRON MARITIME LIMITED AND/OR MARLON R. RO�O, Respondents.

  • GR. No. 199081, January 24, 2018 - ASIGA MINING CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. MANILA MINING CORPORATION AND BASIANA MINING EXPLORATION CORPORATION, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 203160, January 24, 2018 - COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. COVANTA ENERGY PHILIPPINE HOLDINGS, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 218984, January 24, 2018 - ARMANDO M. TOLENTINO (DECEASED), HEREIN REPRESENTED BY HIS SURVIVING SPOUSE MERLA F. TOLENTINO AND CHILDREN NAMELY: MARIENELA, ALYSSA, ALEXA, AND AZALEA, ALL SURNAMED TOLENTINO, Petitioners, v. PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 217135, January 31, 2018 - MANILA SHIPMANAGEMENT & MANNING, INC., AND/OR HELLESPONT HAMMONIA GMBH & CO. KG AND/OR AZUCENA C. DETERA, Petitioners, v. RAMON T. ANINANG, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 210504, January 24, 2018 - HEIRS OF ALFONSO YUSINGCO, REPRESENTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, TEODORO K. YUSINGCO, Petitioners, v. AMELITA BUSILAK, COSCA NAVARRO, FLAVIA CURAYAG AND LIXBERTO1 CASTRO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 229404, January 24, 2018 - MARILYN B. ASENTISTA, Petitioner, v. JUPP & COMPANY, INC., AND/OR MR. JOSEPH V. ASCUTIA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 233922, January 24, 2018 - MA. VICTORIA M. GALANG, Petitioner, v. PEAKHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF CALOOCAN CITY, Respondents.

  • A.M. No. 17-11-272-RTC, January 31, 2018 - RE: DROPPING FROM THE ROLLS OF LEMUEL H. VENDIOLA, SHERIFF IV, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT (OCC), REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BI�AN CITY, LAGUNA (RTC).

  • A.C. No. 9129, January 31, 2018 - MARIA EVA DE MESA, Complainant, v. ATTY. OLIVER O. OLAYBAL, Respondent.

  • A.C. No. 9067, January 31, 2018 - MARJORIE A. APOLINAR-PETILO, Complainant, v. ATTY. ARISTEDES A. MARAMOT, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 229671, January 31, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOVENCITO MIRANDA Y TIGAS, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 207252, January 24, 2018 - PHILIPPINE GEOTHERMAL, INC. EMPLOYEES UNION (PGIEU), Petitioner, v. CHEVRON GEOTHERMAL PHILS. HOLDINGS, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 225929, January 24, 2018 - JOSE V. GAMBITO, Petitioner, v. ADRIAN OSCAR Z. BACENA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 222159, January 31, 2018 - PAZ E. REBADULLA, PERRAIN E. REBADULLA, JOCELYN E. REBADULLA, CLEVIS E. REBADULLA, HAZEL R. RIGUERA, ARIEL E. REBADULLA,GIOVANNI CLYDE E. REBADULLA, ROEL E. STA. MARIA, KLEINER KYLE R. STA. MARIA, AND KERSCHEL R. STA. MARIA, Petitioners, v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS & HIGHWAYS, AND ENGR. TOMAS L. BUEN, PROJECT MANAGER, DPWH-PMO-SWIM PROJECT, Respondents.; G.R. No. 222171, January 31, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, AND ENGR. TOMAS L. BUEN, PROJECT MANAGER, DPWH-PMO-SWIM PROJECT, Petitioners, v. PAZ E. REBADULLA, PERRAIN E. REBADULLA, JOCELYN E. REBADULLA, CLEVIS E. REBADULLA, PAZ R. STA. MARIA, REPRESENTED BY HER COMPULSORY HEIRS HAZEL R. RIGUERA, ARIEL E. REBADULLA, GIOVANNI CLYDE E. REBADULLA, ROEL E. STA. MARIA, KLEINER KYLE R. STA. MARIA, AND KERSCHEL R. STA. MARIA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 213945, January 24, 2018 - LUCILA YARED AND HEIRS OF THE LATE ERNESTO YARED, SR., Petitioners, v. LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 220103, January 31, 2018 - SAN MIGUEL FOODS, INC., Petitioner, v. HANNIVAL V. RIVERA, JOVICELL B. FUJA, ENCENARIO B. CORONADO, JR., LEYLANIE O. GULANE, JOSE PEDRO, REY RELLOROSA, CHERRY MAY BRAGA, ROGELIO ALSONADO, JOHN DE VERA, ALBERTO DAGANIO, RHENE PURA, EFREN ESCOBIDO, ALEXANDER D. BUENAOBRA, SUSIE VERIDIANO, ROBERTO E. GERMAN, JR., HERMAN B. ESPANUEVA, JR., MARIONITO D. JUMAO-AS, ANTHONY ANTONIO, JESSIE GLENN DELA CRUZ, SOFRONIO SIMPORIOS, JR., RICHARD FLAUTA, ENRIQUE BUNA, JOJIT ORILLOSA, JONATHAN PENA, JENNIFER B. CASTILLO, EDGARDO BARBACENA, JOSE WARLITO INTING, MICHAEL FLORES, LEONCIO M. ISON, ALEXANDER C. ARELLANO, CARMELITO F. FUNTANBA, ALMARO M. ROSEL, NORBERTO PONCE B. PULIDO, JR., ARIAMHER OGANA, DOMINADOR B. SALAZAR, ANGELITO C. TABUCOL, RENATO C. ILLUSTRISIMO, ROGELIO M. DE LEON, FELIPE P. GUILLANO, AND SHIRLY M. TOLENTINO, Respondents.

  • A.M. No. RTJ-16-2470 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 12-3987-RTJ), January 10, 2018 - PROSECUTOR LEO T. CAHANAP, Complainant, v. JUDGE LEONOR S. QUI�ONES, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 6, ILIGAN CITY, LANAO DEL NORTE, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208197, January 10, 2018 - ARACELI MAYUGA, SUBSTITUTED BY MARILYN MAYUGA SANTILLAN FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ALL THE HEIRS, Petitioner, v. ANTONIO ATIENZA, REPRESENTING THE HEIRS OF ARMANDO* ATIENZA; BENJAMIN ATIENZA, JR., REPRESENTING THE HEIRS OF BENJAMIN A. ATIENZA, SR., Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 227395, January 10, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OSCAR GIMPAYA AND ROEL GIMPAYA, ACCUSED, OSCAR GIMPAYA, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 229102, January 29, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHILIP MAMANGON Y ESPIRITU, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 210961, January 24, 2018 - LEO V. MAGO AND LEILANIE E. COLOBONG, Petitioners, v. SUN POWER MANUFACTURING LIMITED, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 221862, January 23, 2018 - GEN. EMMANUEL BAUTISTA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), GEN. EDUARDO A�O, IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (ISAFP), GEN. HERNANDO IRIBERRI, IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, GEN. BENITO ANTONIO T. DE LEON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 5TH INFANTRY DIVISION, AND PC/SUPT. MIGUEL DE MAYO LAUREL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF THE ISABELA PROVINCIAL POLICE OFFICE, Petitioners, v. ATTY. MARIA CATHERINE DANNUG-SALUCON, Respondent.