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Title: The people of the Philippines versus Sendaydiego, et. al.; Province of Pangasinan versus Heirs of L. P. Sendaydiego Note: This case digest shall focus on the civil action against the estate of L.P. Sendaydiego Facts: In 1969, Licero P. Sendaydiego (provincial treasurer), Juan G. Samson (employee of Carried Construction Supply Company, Dagupan City), and Anastacio Quirimit (provincial auditor) faced three cases of malversation through falsification. The cases arised from the six provincial vouchers forged in order to embezzle from the road and bridge fund amounting to PhP 57, 048.23. The lower court found Sendaydiego and Samson guilty while Quirimit was acquitted. Sendaydiego and Samson appealed to the Supreme Court. On 05 October 1976, Sendaydiego died. His appeal as to his criminal liability was dismissed. Death extinguished his crimina liability remained. Issue: Is the estate of Sendaydiego liable to pay for civil damages? Held: Yes. The Supreme Court issued the follow...

General Register No. 138322, 02 October 2001 Grace J. Gracia, a.k.a. Grace J. Gracia – Recio, Petitioner versus Rederick A. Recio, Respondent I. Facts On 01 March 1987, Rederick A. Recio, a Filipino citizen, married Editha Samson, an Australian citizen, in Malabon, Rizal. They lived together as a couple in Australia till their divorce was granted by an Australian family court on 18 May 1989. By 26 June 1992, the respondent became an Australian citizen. On 12 January 1994, the petitioner, a Filipina, and respondent married in a church wedding at Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. By 22 October 1995, the petitioner and the respondent lived separately without prior judicial dissolution of their marriage. On 16 May 1996, their conjugal assets were divided as per their Statutory Declarations secured in Australia. On 03 March 1998, the petitioner filed a Compliant for Declaration of Nullity of Marriage in the court a quo , on the ground of bigamy. She only learned of the r...

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