Persons And Family Relations 2020 Quiz #1

Most of our civil laws are found in the Civil Code but the Civil Code is not the only repository of our civil laws.

Supreme Court decisions must be published in the Official Gazette in order to become binding and effective.

Internal instructions of administrative agencies are not covered by the requirement of publication under Article 2 of the New Civil Code.

Our courts take judicial notice of foreign laws.

Decisions of the lower courts no matter how sound and wise do not become part of jurisprudence.

Under the principle of exterritoriality, crimes committed on board vessels and airships of a country, although in international waters or space, shall be triable by the courts of the said country.

Under the principle of lex loci celebrationis, property shall be governed by the law of the place where it is situated.

Good faith is always presumed.

In Tan v. Valeriano, the Supreme Court ruled that the act of filing of numerous cases against Valeriano by petitioners Gilana, and Gonzales was attended by malice, vindictiveness, and bad faith.

In Buenventura v. CA, the Supreme Court ruled that psychological incapacity cannot be made a basis for the award of moral damages.

In Filinvest v. Ngilay, the Supreme Court ruled that the Ngilays had no duty to return the downpayment  received by them since the deed of sale involved was void.

In Gonzalo v. Tarnate, Jr., the Supreme Court ruled that Tarnate is not entitled to the 10% retention fee since the contract is illegal. This is based on the doctrine of in pari delicto which stipulates that the guilty parties to an illegal contract are not entitled to any relief. 

In Bliss Development v. Diaz, the Supreme Court ruled that even if BDC can prove that there was no overlap between the payments made by Diaz and those made by Arreza, allowing it to keep the amortizations paid by Diaz still amounts to unjust enrichment.

In People v. Bayotas, the Supreme Court ruled that the death of appellant Bayotas extinguished his criminal liability and the civil liability based solely on the act complained of, i.e., rape. 

In Daluraya v. Oliva, the Supreme Court ruled that Daluraya's civil liability should be deemed as non-existent by the nature of his acquittal i.e. the prosecution failed to establish that he was the author of the crime.