FACTS: Petitioner Edward N. Lim and respondent Maria Cheryl Sta. Cruz-Lim met in 1978 in Cebu, where petitioner, who resides in Makati City, spent a semestral break from college; and respondent was a boarder in petitioner’s uncle’s house.  After less than a year of courtship via long distance phone calls, petitioner and respondent became sweethearts… Read More LIM v. STA. CRUZ-LIM G.R. No. 176464 February 4, 2010 Declaration of Nullity of Marriage, Psychological Incapacity

FACTS: Petitioner Rolando D. Cortez  alleged that in February 1990, he was invited to a birthday party, and after consuming three bottles of beer, he became dizzy and passed out. When he woke up, he was already in a room with respondent Luz Cortez, clad only in his underwear and they were covered with a… Read More Cortez v. Cortez G.R. No. 224638 April 10, 2019 Article 36 of the Family Code, Psychological Incapacity

FACTS: Marcelo Macalinao and Eddie Medecielo Ong were employed as utility man and driver, respectively, at the Genetron International Marketing, a single proprietorship owned and operated by Genovevo Sebastian.  On 25 April 1992, Sebastian instructed Macalinao, Ong and two truck helpers to deliver a heavy piece of machinery reactor/motor for mixing chemicals, to Sebastian’s manufacturing… Read More Macalinao v. Ong G.R. No. 146635 Negligence, Damages, Evidence

FACTS: Petitioners alleged that on September 23, 1994, respondents’ predecessor-in-interest Teodulo Sison sold a parcel of land to [petitioners’] predecessor-in-interest Apolinario Caburnay. The [subject] property was covered by TCT No. 8791 with an approximate area of 7,768 square meters. The parties agreed that Apolinario would pay P40,000.00 as initial payment of the total purchase price… Read More HEIRS OF THE LATE APOLINARIO CABURNAY v. HEIRS OF TEODULO SISON,  G.R. No. 230934, December 02, 2020, J. CAGUIOA Succession, Sale, Co-Ownership

FACTS: Nita Villanueva came to know petitioner Antonio Geluz, a physician, for the first time in 1948 — through her aunt. In 1950 she became pregnant by her present husband before they were legally married. Desiring to conceal her pregnancy from her parents, and acting on the advice of her aunt, she had herself aborted… Read More Geluz v. CA G.R. No. L-16439, July 20, 1961 Persons and Family Relations