G.R. No. 92013, July 25, 1990.

FACTS:

President Aquino issued Executive Order No. 296 entitling non-Filipino citizens or entities to avail of reparations’ capital goods and services in the event of sale, lease or disposition. The subject property in this case is the Roppongi property which is one of the four (4) properties in Japan acquired by the Philippine government under the Reparations Agreement. The properties and the capital goods and services procured from the Japanese government for national development projects are part of the indemnification to the Filipino people for their losses in life and property and their suffering during World War II. The property has twice been set for bidding. 

The petitioners filed petitions for prohibition to enjoin the respondents from proceeding with the bidding for the sale of the Roppongi property. The following grounds are provided

G.R. No. L-7188 August 9, 1954

FACTS:

On September 6, 1923, Father Sancho Abadia, parish priest executed a holographic will. He died on January 14, 1943 and left properties estimated at P8,000 in value. Andres Enriquez, one of the legatees filed a petition for its probate. Some cousins and nephews who would inherit the estate of the deceased if he left no will, filed opposition.

At the time of the testator’s death, holographic wills were not permitted by law. However during the hearing, the new Civil Code was already in force, which Code permitted the execution of holographic wills. The trial court  admitted to probate the will for the reason that under a liberal view, and to carry out the intention of the testator which is the controlling factor and may override any defect in form.  The oppositors are appealing from that decision.

FACTS:

Testator Bohonan, a citizen of the State of Nevada at the time of his death declares that his will and testament shall be governed by the laws of the state of Nevada and admits the same to probate.  Out  of the total estate of P211,639.33 in cash, the testator gave his grandson P90,819.67 and one-half of all shares of stock of several mining companies and to his brother and sister the same amount. To his children he gave a legacy of only P6,000 each, or a total of P12,000.

The wife Magdalena C. Bohanan and her two children question the validity of the testamentary provisions disposing of the estate in the manner above indicated, claiming that they have been deprived of the legitime that the laws of the forum concede to them. It is not disputed that the laws of Nevada allow a testator to dispose of all his properties by will.

FACTS:

The petitioner purchased from NOA a round-trip ticket in San Francisco, U.S.A., for his flight from San Francisco to Manila via Tokyo and back. For his scheduled departure to Manila to San Francisco, he was informed that he had no reservation for his flight from Tokyo to Manila. He therefore had to be wait-listed.

Petitioner, sued Nortwest Orient Airlines (NOA) for damages in the Regional Trial Court of Makati. NOA moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground of lack of jurisdiction.  Citing the Article 28(1) of the Warsaw Convention, it contended that the complaint could be instituted only in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, before:

1. the court of the domicile of the carrier;
2. the court of its principal place of business;
3. the court where it has a place of business through which the contract had been made;
4. the court of the place of destination.