Item Type : Periodical
Description : The Journal helps law students and lawyers in their profession by keeping them updated with the development of law and jurisprudence. It features legal articles, Supreme Court decisions both by Filipinos and American lawyers. The journal also contains laws passed by the Philippine Congress, Court of Appeals, and Opinions of the Secretary of Justice.
Issue Date : VIII (3) February 15, 1940
Publisher : The Lawyers Journal
Language : English; Spanish
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Creator: Maxey, George W.
Language: English
Subject: Speeches, addresses, etc.; Dictatorship
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Creator: Covita, Angel
Language: English
Subject: Legitimation of children; Acknowledgment of children; Parent and child (Law); Inheritance and succession
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Creator: Lazo, Melanio F.
Language: English
Subject: Labor unions; Commonwealth act 213; Employee rights; Labor disputes
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Language: English
Subject: Court rules; ; Procedure (Law)
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Language: English; Spanish
Subject: Child support; Adultery; Actions and defenses (Law); Appellate courts; Trial courts -- Cavite; Philippines. Supreme Court; Sanchez, Feliciano; Zulueta, Francisco
Abstract: The Plaintiff, is claiming to be the wife and son of the defendant asking for support. The defendant opposed, alleging that the plaintiff’s child was not his son but of another man with whom the plaintiff wife had committed adultery, and asked to be permitted to present evidence of adultery. The trial court, refusing to hear the evidence, granted the request, and ordered the defendant to give support.
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Language: English; Spanish
Subject: Summons; Notice (Law); Appellate procedure (Civil procedure); Actions and defenses (Law); Trial courts; Appellate courts; Philippines. Supreme Court; Lumberas, Patrocinio; Sison, Salvador
Abstract: The Supreme Court stated in numerous decisions that the defendant should be personally served with a subpoena and the court will not get jurisdiction over the person of the defendant; his special appearance for the only purpose of asking that the judgment rendered; and a judicial order will be issued against him be canceled and declared to be without effect.
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Language: English; Spanish
Subject: Amended and supplemental pleading; Organizational name changes; Actionsand defenses (Law); Appellate courts; Trial courts; Philippines. Supreme Court; Manila Electric Company; Ramon Roces Publications, Inc.; Roces, Ramon
Abstract: The Plaintiff corporation brought an action against Ramon Roces. The defendant disclaimed interest in the legal process, claiming that the real party defendant was the corporation, Ramon Roces Publications, Inc., of which he was only the president. Plaintiff presented an amended complaint, changing the party defendant to Ramon Roces Publications, Inc. Defendant opposed revision on the ground that it would illegally permit the change of the party defendant and of the cause of action.
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Language: English; Spanish
Subject: Pleading; Appellate procedure; Actions and defenses (Law); Trial courts – Binan (Laguna) ; Appellate courts; Philippines. Supreme Court; Martinez, Jose; Pampolina, Santos B.
Abstract: The article stated that a motion filed to require several persons who have joined in the filing of a single suit to establish separate and independent actions on the ground that their interests were not identical.
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Language: English
Subject: Forcible entry and detainer; Mandamus; Property; Actions and defenses (Law); Trial courts – Manila; Appellate courts; Philippines. Supreme Court; Tavera-Luna, Inc.; Nable, Mariano
Abstract: An action of forcible entry and detainer instituted to recover possession, the defendant cannot defeat that action merely by asserting in his answer a claim of ownership in himself. The only exception to this rule is when the question of ownership is so necessarily involved that it would be impossible to decide the question of mere possession without first settling that of ownership.
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Language: English
Subject: Foreclosure; Mortgages; Certiorari; Appellate procedure (Civil procedure); Actions and defenses (Law); Appellate courts; Philippines. Supreme Court; Conde, Mariano
Abstract: The Supreme Court decision in a foreclosure suit, the mortgaged property was sold at the public auction to the plaintiff. Afterward, the approval of the sale, the deficiency judgment, and an 8% interest was prayed for by the plaintiff. The defendant complained about the ground of inadequacy of price as compared to its assessed and actual market values. The Court confirmed the sale and issued an alias writ of execution for the deficiency.
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Creator: Francisco, Vicente J.
Language: English; Spanish
Subject: Land title registration and transfer; Real property; Land titles; Cadastres; Cadastral act
Abstract: The article states that all the information of the real estate in the country, clarification of boundaries, and other property-related matters will be registered, stored, and can be accessed in the official national register of land information.
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Language: Spanish
Subject: Witness credibility; Truthfulness and falsehood; Testimony (Law)
Abstract: The article describes that the weight of evidence on the issues involving lies, the Court may consider all the facts and circumstances of the case, the witnesses' manner of testifying, their intelligence, their means and opportunity of knowing the facts to which they testify, the probability or improbability of their testimony, their interest or want of interest, and also their personal credibility so far as the same may legitimately appear upon the trial.
Rights: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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