G.R. No. L-27454, April 30, 1970, 32 SCRA 547 FACTS: On July 1963, Rosendo Chavez brought his typewriter to Fructuoso Gonzales a typewriter repairman for the cleaning and servicing of the said typewriter but the latter was not able to finish the job. The plaintiff gave the amount of P6.00 to the defendant which the [...]

G.R. No. L-25172, 24 May 1974 FACTS: Sometime in November 1952 the respondent, then general manager of the Ace Advertising, proposed to the board of directors that an employee, Ricardo Taylor, be sent to the United States to take up special studies in television but the board failed to act on the proposal. Still, respondent [...]

G.R. No. L-47745, April 15, 1988, 160 SCRA 729 FACTS: Alfredo Amadora, while in the auditorium of the school, was mortally hit by a gun by PablitoDaffon resulting to the former’s death. Daffon was convicted of homicide through reckless imprudence. The victim’s parents, herein petitioners, filed a civil action for damages against Colegio de San [...]

G.R. No. 84698, February 4, 1992, 205 SCRA 729 FACTS: Private respondents sought to adjudge petitioner PSBA and its officers liable for the death of Carlitos Bautista, a third year commerce student who was stabbed while on the premises of PSBA by elements from outside the school. Private respondents are suing under the law on [...]

G.R. No. L-32599, June 29, 1979, 91 SCRA 113 FACTS: A three- way vehicular accident involving a Mercedes Benz owned and driven by petitioner; a private jeep owned and driven by respondent Rodolfo Salazar; and a gravel and sand truck owned by respondent Felipino Timbol and driven by Freddie Montoya. As a consequence of said [...]

G.R. No. L-24803, May 26, 1977, 77 SCRA Facts: Respondent Reginald Hill killed the son of the plaintiffs named Agapito Elcano. A criminal complaint was instituted against him but he was acquitted on the ground that his act was not criminal, because of lack of intent to kill, couple with mistake. Subsequently, plaintiffs filed a [...]

July 8, 1942, 73 Phil. 607 FACTS: May 3, 1936 on the road between malabon and Navotas, province of Rizal, there was a head-on collision between a taxi of the Malate Taxicab driven by Pedro Fontanilla and a carretela guided by Pedro Dimapalis. The carretela was overturned, and one of its passengers, 16 years old [...]

G.R. No. 120592, 14 March 1997 FACTS: Traders Royal Bank Employees Union (petitioner) and Atty. Emmanuel Noel A. Cruz (private respondent) entered into a retainer agreement, whereby petitioner obligated itself to pay the respondent a monthly retainer fee in consideration that the law firm will only render their services enumerated in the contract. During the [...]

G.R. No. 170498, January 9, 2013, 688 SCRA 225 FACTS: Metrobank deposited the AMC checks to Ayala Lumber and Hardware’s account; because of Chua’s control over AMC’s operations, Metrobank assumed that the checks payable to AMC could be deposited to Ayala Lumber and Hardware’s account. Ayala Lumber and Hardware had no right to demand and [...]

G.R. No. 146807, May 9, 2002, 382 SCRA 222 FACTS: Petitioner Padcom Condominium Corporation owns and manage the Padilla Office Condominium Building (PADCOM BUILDING). The land on which the building stands was originally acquired from the Ortigas & Company, Limited Partnership, by Tierra Development Corporation (TDC) under a Deed of Sale with a condition that [...]