CIVIL LAW I. Ariz and Paz were officemates at Perlas ng Silangan Bank (PSB). They fell in love with each other and had a civil and church wedding. Meanwhile, Paz rapidly climbed the corporate ladder of PSB and eventually became its VicePresident, while Ariz remained one of its bank supervisors, although he was short… Read More 2014 Bar Exam Suggested Answers in Civil Law by the UP Law Complex
FACTS: Petitioner Locsin was the registered owner of a lot covered by TCT No. 235094. In 1992, she filed an ejectment case against one Billy Aceron (Aceron) to recover possession over the land in issue. Eventually, the two entered into a compromise agreement, which the MTC approved. Locsin later went to the US without knowing… Read More LOCSIN V. HIZON G.R. No. 204369 September 17, 2014 Mirror Doctrine, Innocent Purchaser for Value
FACTS: Mario Malabanan filed an application for land registration covering the property he purchased from Eduardo Velazco, claiming that the property formed part of the alienable and disposable land of the public domain, and that he and his predecessors-in-interest had been in open, continuous, uninterrupted, public and adverse possession and occupation of the land for… Read More HEIRS OF MARIO MALABANAN v. REPUBLIC G.R. No. 179987 September 3, 2013 Possession, Property Registration Decree, Regalia Doctrine
FACTS: On the 19th of September, 1905, silver and paper money amounting to 25,000 pesos belonging to the firms of Urrutia & Co. and Muñoz & Co., was placed on the steamer Cantabria at Manila by said firms for shipment. 5,000 pesos of the said money belonged to Muñoz & Co. and 20,000 pesos to… Read More UNITED STATES vs. LAURENTE REY G.R. No. L-3326 September 7, 1907 Loss of Possession, Robbery
CIVIL LAW NOTE: Although the questions, as framed, do not require reasons for the “True or False” Answers, proper explanations are herein provided to aid in the evaluation of the answers of the examinees. I True or False. Under Article 26 of the Family Code, when a foreign spouse divorces his/her Filipino spouse, the latter… Read More Bar Exam 2010 Questions and Suggested Answers in CIVIL LAW by the UP Law Center
RESUENA v. CA G.R. No. 128338. March 28, 2005 FACTS: Juanito Borromeo, Sr. (respondent), is the co-owner and overseer of certain parcels of land located in Talisay, Cebu and owns six-eighths (6/8) of Lot No. 2587 while the late spouses Bascon own two-eights (2/8) thereof. Lot No. 2592 is owned in common by respondent… Read More Possession
Relevant provisions and Case digests Art. 804. Every will must be in writing and executed in a language or dialect known to the testator. Art. 810. A person may execute a holographic will which must be entirely written, dated, and signed by the hand of the testator himself. It is subject to no other form,… Read More Succession- Preterition, Holographic Will
Gervasia de la Rosa, Vda. de Vera, was the lessee of a parcel of land in Manila and owner of the house of strong materials built thereon. She executed a document in the form of a chattel mortgage, purporting to convey to the petitioner by way of mortgage both the leasehold interest in said lot… Read More Standard Oil Company v. Jaramillo G.R. No. L-20329 March 16, 1923 Property, Chattel Mortgage
FACTS: On April 5, 1956, Trinidad Quijada together with her sisters and brother, executed a conditional deed of donation of the two-hectare parcel of land subject of the case in favor of the Municipality of Talacogon, the condition being that the parcel of land shall be used solely and exclusively as part of the campus… Read More Quijada v. CA G.R. No. 126444. December 4, 1998 Sale
FACTS: Petitioner, Ramon Lanzar, filed an application for registration of title to a parcel of land located in Iloilo City alleging that he is the owner in fee simple of the land in question and asking that the title thereto be registered in his name. The Director of Lands and the City of Iloilo… Read More LANZAR v. DIRECTOR OF LANDS G.R. No. L-31934 July 29, 1977 Property, Accretion, Public Domain, Possession