GR No. 157307, 20 May 2004 FACTS: Petitioner and her husband acquired several properties, among which is the disputed property. They begot a son who sired an illegitimate daughter, herein respondent. Upon his death, petitioner and respondent are his compulsory heirs. Respondent filed a case before RTC for Partition and Accounting with Damages against petitioner [...]

G.R. No. 138961, 7 March 2002 FACTS: William Liyao Jr., the illegitimate son of the deceased, as represented by her mother (Corazon), filed a petition ordering Juanita Tanhoti-Liyao, Pearl L. Tan, Tita L. Tan and Linda Liyao to recognize and acknowledge the former as a compulsory heir of the deceased and to be entitled to [...]

G.R. No. 123450, 31 August 2005 FACTS: Gerardo Concepcion, the petitioner, and Ma. Theresa Almonte, private respondent, was married in December 1989 and begotten a child named Jose Gerardo in December 1990. The husband filed on December 1991, a petition to have his marriage annulled on the ground of bigamy since the wife married a [...]

G.R. No. 105625, 24 January 1994 FACTS: Spouses Vicente Benitez and Isabel Chipongian were owners of various properties located in Laguna. Isabel died in 1982 while his husband died in 1989. Vicente’s sister and nephew filed a complaint for the issuance of letters of administration of Vicente’s estate in favor of the nephew, herein private [...]

G.R. No. L-2474, 30 May 1951 FACTS: Mariano Andal, a minor, assisted by his mother Maria Duenas, filed a complaint for the recovery of the ownership and possession of a parcel of land owned by Emiliano Andal and Maria Duenas. EduvigisMacaraig, herein defendant, donated the land by virtue of donation propter nuptias in favor of [...]

G.R. No. 177703, 28 January 2008 FACTS: Fidel Arriola who married twice died and is survived by his legal heirs: John Nabor Arriola (respondent), his son with his first wife, and Vilma G. Arriola, his second wife and his other son, Anthony Ronald Arriola (petitioners). On February 16, 2004, the RTC rendered a decision ordering [...]

GR No. 104875, 13 November 1992 FACTS: Florante Manacop and his wife Euaceli purchased on March 1972, a residential lot with a bungalow located in Quezon City. The petitioner failed to pay the sub-contract cost pursuant to a deed of assignment signed between petitioner’s corporation and private respondent herein (FF Cruz & Co). The latter [...]

GR. No. 86355, 31 May 1990 FACTS: The sheriff levied on a parcel of residential land located at PoblacionMalalag, Davao del Sur on July 1988, registered in the name of Jose Mondequillo and a parcel of agricultural land located at DalagbongBulacan, Malalag, Davao de Sur also registered in the latter’s name. A motion to quash [...]

AM No. 1022-MJ, 7 May 1976 FACTS: Redentor Albano filed a complaint against Judge Gapusan seeking disciplinary action involving latter’s malpractice in his notarization of a separation agreement between Valentina Andres and Guillermo Maligta and the extrajudicial liquidation of their conjugal partnership. In the abovementioned separation agreement, it was stipulated that the spouse guilty of [...]

G.R. No. 141297, 8 October 2001 FACTS: Troadic Manalo, who died on February 1992, was survived by his Pilar and his 11 children. The deceased left several real properties in Manila and a business in Tarlac. In November 1992, herein respondents, 8 of the surviving children, filed a petition with RTC Manila for the judicial [...]