PROJECT JURISPRUDENCE

On August 20, 2022 in Parañaque City, operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested Mark Jasper C. Reyes a.k.a. Mark Gil Cloma De Guzman, a native of Cauayan City, Isabela, who has been misrepresenting himself as Atty. Jed Sherwin G. Uy, Deputy Clerk of Court and Chief Technology Officer of the Supreme Court, and using his alleged connections in the government in exchange for money. The NBI SAU set the entrapment operation which led to the arrest of the suspect. The NBI has already charged Reyes for estafa, computer-related Identity Theft, multiple counts of Computer-related Forgery, violation of Anti-Alias Law, and Usurpation of Authority before the Office of the City Prosecutor in Parañaque. The arrest spawned from the complaints of the real Atty. Uy and Christine Chung dela Rosa. In her complaint, Dela Rosa claimed that on August 8, 2002, Reyes contacted her through Facebook and posed as Atty. Uy. She said that Reyes discussed issues concerning a decision of the

399 Phil. 342 FIRST DIVISION [ G.R. No. 124371, November 23, 2000 ] PAULA T. LLORENTE, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND ALICIA F. LLORENTE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N PARDO, J.: The Case The case raises a conflict of laws issue. What is before us is an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeals[1] modifying that of the Regional Trial Court, Camarines Sur, Branch 35, Iriga City[2] declaring respondent Alicia F. Llorente (herinafter referred to as "Alicia"), as co-owners of whatever property she and the deceased Lorenzo N. Llorente (hereinafter referred to as "Lorenzo") may have acquired during the twenty-five (25) years that they lived together as husband and wife. The Facts The deceased Lorenzo N. Llorente was an enlisted serviceman of the United States Navy from March 10, 1927 to September 30, 1957.[3] On February 22, 1937, Lorenzo and petitioner Paula Llorente (hereinafter referred to as "Paula") were married before a parish priest

117 Phil. 96 [ G. R. No. L-16749, January 31, 1963 ] IN THE MATTER OF THE TESTATE ESTATE OF EDWARD E. CHRISTENSEN, DECEASED. ADOLFO C. AZNAR, EXECUTOR AND LUCY CHRISTENSEN, HEIR OF THE DECEASED, EXECUTOR AND HEIR-APPELLEES, VS. HELEN CHRISTENSEN GARCIA, OPPOSITOR AND APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N LABRADOR, J.: This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Davao, Hon. Vicente N. Cusi, Jr., presiding, in Special Proceeding No. 622 of said court, dated September 14, 1949, approving among other things the final accounts of the executor, directing the executor to reimburse Maria Lucy Christensen the amount of P3,600 paid by her to Helen Christensen Garcia as her legacy, and declaring Maria Lucy Christensen entitled to the residue of the property to be enjoyed during her lifetime, and in case of death without issue, one-half of said residue to be payable to Mrs. Carrie Louise C. Borton, etc., in accordance with the provisions of the will of the testator Edward E. Chr

448 Phil. 181 SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 120135, March 31, 2003 ] BANK OF AMERICA NT&SA, BANK OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL, LTD., PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. MANUEL PADOLINA, EDUARDO LITONJUA, SR., AND AURELIO K. LITONJUA, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: This is a petition for review on  certiorari  under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the November 29, 1994 decision of the Court of Appeals[1] and the April 28, 1995 resolution denying petitioners’ motion for reconsideration. The factual background of the case is as follows: On May 10, 1993, Eduardo K. Litonjua, Sr. and Aurelio J. Litonjua (Litonjuas, for brevity) filed a Complaint[2] before the Regional Trial Court of Pasig against the Bank of America NT&SA and Bank of America International, Ltd. (defendant banks for brevity) alleging that: they were engaged in the shipping business; they owned two vessels: Don Aurelio and El Champion, through their wholly-owned corporations; they

570 Phil. 151 SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 162894, February 26, 2008 ] RAYTHEON INTERNATIONAL, INC., Petitioner, vs. STOCKTON W. ROUZIE, JR., Respondent. D E C I S I O N TINGA, J,: Before this Court is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure which seeks the reversal of the Decision[1] and Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 67001 and the dismissal of the civil case filed by respondent against petitioner with the trial court. As culled from the records of the case, the following antecedents appear: Sometime in 1990, Brand Marine Services, Inc. (BMSI), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Connecticut, United States of America, and respondent Stockton W. Rouzie, Jr., an American citizen, entered into a contract whereby BMSI hired respondent as its representative to negotiate the sale of services in several government projects in the Philippines for an agreed remuneration of 10% of t