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DE CASTILLO, VICTORIA
M. CASTILLO, BERTILLA C. RADA, MARIETTA C. ABAÑEZ, LEOVINA
C. JALBUENA and SANTIAGO M. RIVERA
vs.
COURT OF APPEALS, BORMAHECO, INC. and PHILIPPINE
MACHINERY PARTS MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
Gr No. 89561
September 13, 1990
Facts:
Issue:
Held:
Yes, the Supreme Court held that no evidence was presented to show
that Bormaheco demanded payment from ICP nor was there any action
taken by Bormaheco on the bond posted by ICP to guarantee the payment
of plaintiffs obligation, such failure released the ICP from the obligation.
Facts:
In one Civil Case filed by the Republic, the latter sought for the
reversion of two parcels of land from the herein private respondents on the
ground of the violation that the sale made by the spouses to one Delfin N.
Lopez was made without the approval of the President of the Philippines as
required by law (Section 4 of Executive Order No. 372) providing that
Issue:
Held:
No, the Supreme Court held that the presumption in unavailing and
that the approval of the President of the Philippines is a requirement sine
qua non before any transfer may be made. The Supreme Court held that
such requirement must be shown affirmatively and not presumed.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES vs.
THE COURT OF APPEALS, and NIELSON & COMPANY, INC.
Gr no L-38540
April 30, 1987
Facts:
In this case, the Bureau of Internal Revenue sent Demand Letter with
the private respondent on July 1955, this was reiterated on April 1956 the
Regional Trial Court has ordered the private respondent to pay its tax
deficiency amounting to 14,449.00 with the Bureau of Internal Revenue. On
Appeal with the Court of Appeals, the appellate court reversed the decision
together with the Motion for Reconsideration filed by the Republic. The
reversal is hinged upon that the Republic did not proved that it sent the
assessment letter in 1955.
Issue:
Held:
Facts:
In 1997, while the spouses Viloria were in the United States, they
approached Holiday Travel, a travel agency working for Continental Airlines,
to purchase tickets from Newark to San Diego. The travel agent, Margaret
Mager, advised the couple that they cannot travel by train because it was
already fully booked; that they must purchase plane tickets for Continental
Airlines; that if they won’t purchase plane tickets; they’ll never reach their
destination in time. The couple believed Mager’s representations and so they
purchased two plane tickets worth $800.00.
Issue:
Held:
No, the Supreme Court held that newspaper clippings has no probative
value nor admissible being a “hearsay evidence twice removed” if they are
offered for the purpose of proving the truth of the fact alleged. Citing Feria v.
Court of Appeals:
“Newspaper articles amount to “hearsay evidence, twice removed” and
are therefore not only inadmissible but without any probative value at all
whether objected to or not, unless offered for a purpose other than proving the
truth of the matter asserted. In this case, the news article is admissible only as
evidence that such publication does exist with the tenor of the news therein
stated.
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