G.R. No. 111238, 25 January 1995 FACTS: Private respondent seeks to recover the owner’s copy from the petitioner failed to make good on their Exclusive Option to Purchase agreement. Petitioner counters that its failure to pay was justified as private respondent’s claim to the land was contested by their relatives. The trial court and the [...]

G.R. No. 107624, 28 January 1997, 267 SCRA 89 FACTS: Petitioners seek to acquire possession of the apartment by virtue the agreement they had with the landlord which was further evidenced by their advance payment of part of the alleged purchase price. The landlord however assigned the apartment to their creditor with TCT’s being issued [...]

G.R. No. 144576, 28 May 2004, 430 SCRA 210 FACTS: Eduardo Mendoza was the registered owner of a two hundred square meter parcel of land. Mendoza mortgaged the parcel of land to the Meralco Employees Savings and Loan Association (MESALA) to secure a loan in the amount of P81,700.00. The mortgage was duly annotated on [...]

G.R. No. 176549, 20 January 2016, 781 SCRA 301 FACTS: The land in dispute is originally part of the agricultural land owned by Roman De Jesus. Petitioner Pablo Mendoza became the tenant of the land by virtue of a Contrato King Pamamuisan executed between him and Roman. On November 7, 1979, Roman died leaving the [...]

21 November 1991 FACTS: Aleja Ceno was first married to Juanso Yu Book with whom she had 3 children: Magdaleno, Melecia, and Bernardina. During said marriage, Aleja acquired a parcel of land which she declared in her name under Tax Declaration No. 11500. Book took his family to China where he eventually died. Aleja and [...]

G.R. No. 172983, 22 July 2015 FACTS: The Central Bank of the Philippines (Central Bank) issued Monetary Board (MB) Resolution No. 699, placing Pacific Banking Corporation (PBC) under receivership. It formally invited banks to submit their proposals for the purchase of the assets and franchise of the various offices of the PBC and the assumption [...]

G.R. No. 177783, 23 January 2013, 689 SCRA 173 FACTS: Petitioner, during his lifetime, mortgaged two parcels of land located in Cabuyao, Laguna to respondent Home Bankers Savings and Trust Company (Home Bankers), as security for the P500,000.00 loan. When Ignacio defaulted in the payment of his loan obligation, Home Bankers proceeded to foreclose the [...]

G.R. No. 186014, 26 June 2013, 699 SCRA 745 FACTS: Petitioner is a member of the national and cultural community belonging to the Maguindanaon tribe of Isulan, Province of Sultan Kudarat and the registered owner of parcel of land located at Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, with an area of 20,030 square meters. Sometime in 1962, a [...]

G.R. No. L-47538, 20 June 1941, 72 Phil 402 FACTS: Arco Amusement Company. a corporation duly organized under the laws of the Philippine Islands, with its office in Manila, was engaged in the business of operating cinematographs. Gonzalo Puyat & Sons, Inc., another corporation doing business in the Philippine Islands, with office in Manila, in [...]

G.R. No. L-11491, 23 August 1918, 38 Phil 501 FACTS: On January 24, 1911, herein plaintiff-appellant Andress Quiroga and J. Parsons, both merchants, entered into a contract, for the exclusive sale of "Quiroga" Beds in the Visayan Islands. It was agreed, among others, that Andres Quiroga grants the exclusive right to sell his beds in [...]