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STATE OF MISSOURI vs. WILLIAM ARTHUR BALL339 SW 2D 783

FACTS

On October 15, 1958, Krekeler Jewelry Store was robbed bytwo men. They took watches and rn!s amo"ntn! to#$,$55.%1 and #1$& n cash 'rom the re!ster. S"bse("ently,Krekeler dent)ed *llam Arth"r +all 'rom ct"res andd"rn! the tral.

-n hs moton 'or new tral, +all obected to the 'act that aolce o/cer who arrested hm was allowed to test'y that#%58.&% n c"rrency and two ennes were taken 'rom hm. -ts sad that the ntrod"cton o' these e0hbts were mmateraland rreleant nether tended to roe nor dsroe anyss"es noled n the case2 that sad money as se3ed at thetme o' the arrest was nether dent)ed by Krekeler or by any

other erson as the money whch was alle!edly stolen 'romthe A.4. Krekeler Sons Jewelry Comany on Oct. 152 andthat sad edence was consdered by the "ry to there"dce o' the aellant.

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*O the eects con)scated 'rom +all sho"ld be admssblen edence

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o. ot only was Krekeler "nable to dent'y the money orany o' the tems on +all


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Gregorio Silo !r vs. Esrell" #e l" Ros"GR $o. %&92'( ) Fe*r+"r, '- 2((8

FACTS

On Jan"ary 19, 199, ettoner ;re!oro Slot, Jr. andresondent 7strella de la :osa entered nto a contract 'or theconstr"cton o' a dormtoryBaartment b"ldn! on 4ot 1BAB9B, +a!"mbayan S"r, a!a Cty. They e0ressly a!reed thatSlot shall s"ly the labor and de la :osa shall ay DDE o'the total al"e o' the materals "rchased 'or theroect. 6on t"rnoer n Febr"ary 199 o' the comleted

str"ct"re, the total cost o' materals act"ally "rchasedwas G%,5&$,$9.5, DDE o' whch sG8%,$$.98. Slotre("red de la :osa to ay a total o' G1,&18,&&&.&&,or G191,5%5.&% more than the amo"nt d"e. Thro"!h her sonBnBlaw, de la :osa con'ronted Slot abo"t the oeraymentb"t the latter re'"sed to ret"rn the oerayment. A'ter herreeated demands 'ell on dea' ears, de la :osa )led a s"ta!anst Slot.

"rn! tral, howeer, Atty. San Jose, co"nsel 'or Slot,dsensed wth the testmony o' Arel ;on!o, a wtness 'or

de la :osa. Atty. San Jose admtted ;on!o


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TOW$E /IT0 DE1ELOME$T /ORORATIO$- vs./OURT OF AEALS "# GUILLERMO R. 1OLU$TADG.R. $o. %3&('3. !+l, %'- 2(('

FACTS

;"llermo Hol"nta and Towne Cty eelomentCororaton were both en!a!ed n the constr"cton b"sness.

From 198$ to 1985, ;"llermo and ettoner entered nto acontract 'or the Ia constr"cton o' seeral ho"sn! "ntsbelon!n! to or resered 'or derent ndd"als2 Ib rear o'seeral e0stn! ho"sn! "nts belon!n! to derentndd"als2 and Ic rear o' 'acltes, all located at theHr!na Halley S"bdson, owned and deeloed by theettoner. The total contract cost amo"nted toG1,&$1,D59.&&.

The artes a!reed that ;"llermo sho"ld be ad n '"ll byettoner the a!reed contract cost "on comleton o' the

roect. -n 1985, endn! comleton o' the roect,;"llermo was allowed by ettoner to occ"y, 'ree o'char!e, one o' ts ho"ses at the Hr!na Halley S"bdson.

A'ter comletn! the constr"cton and rear works s"bect o'the contract, ;"llermo demanded ayment 'or hs serces.

*hen ettoner 'aled to sats'y hs clam n '"ll, ;"llermo)led on Arl D&, 199& a Complaint'or collecton a!anstettoner be'ore the :TCB?anla and alle!ed that ettonerad hm only the amo"nt o' G9,$&&.&&, lean! a balance

o' G91,959.&& "nder the terms o' ther contract.

Gettoner aerred that t had already ad ;"llermo theamo"nt o' G1,&%%,9D.$ 'or hs serces and that there waseen an oerayment o' G58,189.$. Gettoner '"rtherclamed that ;"llermo s lable 'or "nad rentals amo"ntn!to G,&&&.&& as o' J"ne 199& 'or hs occ"ancy o' one o' theho"ses n Hr!na Halley S"bdson snce 1985.

"rn! the reBtral o' the case, the artes a!reed to lmtthe ss"es to whether ettoner had ad ;"llermo n '"ll naccordance wth ther contract

;"llermo dd not add"ce edence, whether testmonal ordoc"mentary, as edenceBnBche' n ew o' the admssonsmade by ettoner n tsAnswer with Counter-claimsthatndeed t entered nto a contract wth hm and that t wasobl!ed to ay hm 'or hs serces. Gettoner, 'or ts art,resented as ts sole wtness :hodora A!"la to roe that tad ;"llermo 'or hs serces "nder the contract. She

test)ed that she ersonally handed or delered the cash orcheck ayments to ;"llermo, addn! that ;"llermoacknowled!ed ayments wth hs s!nat"res on the o"chers.

The :TC r"led that ettoner ay the resondent and theresondent acate the ho"se occ"ed by hm and belon!n!to the ettoner. S"ch r"ln! was a/rmed by the CA2 hence,ths etton.

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whether a o"cher s"/ces as edence o' ayment and th"ssho"ld hae been consdered and admtted n edence aslad down n PNB v. Court of Appeals

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The ("eston o' whether ettoner


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The r"ln! n PNB v. Court of Appealss that whle a recet o'ayment s the best edence o' the 'act o' ayment, t s,howeer, not concl"se b"t merely res"mte2 nether t se0cl"se edence as the 'act o' ayment may beestablshed also by arole edence. Contrary to ettoner


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RI4ALI$A GABRIEL GO$4ALES vs. HO$ORABLE /OURTOF AEALS "# LUTGARDASA$TIAGOG.R. $o. L537'&3 M", 2&- %979

FACTS

4"t!arda Santa!o )led a etton be'ore the CF- o' :3al 'orthe robate o' the wll alle!edly e0ec"ted by -sabel Andres;abrel who ded a wdow and wtho"t an ss"e. 4"t!ardaSanta!o and :3alna ;abrel ;on3ales were neces o' the

deceased.

-n her wll, the deceased be("eathed some le!aces to herrelates b"t nstt"ted 4"t!arda, who was re'erred to by thedecedent as akn! mahal na aman!kn na akn! nalak,nala!aan at mnahal na kat"lad n! san! t"nay na anakM asthe "nersal her and e0ec"tor.

:3alna oosed the robate. The :TC dsallowed therobate o' the wll b"t the CA, on aeal r"led that the wll n("eston was s!ned and e0ec"ted by the deceased -sabel

;abrel on Arl 15, 191 n the resence o' the threeattestn! wtnesses, ?atlde Oroba, Celso ;maya and

?ara ;maya, s!nn! and wtnessn! the doc"ment n theresence o' the deceased and o' each other as re("red bylaw, hence allowed robate.

=ence, ths aeal contendn! that the CA erred n holdn!that the doc"ment, 70hbt MFM was e0ec"ted and attested asre("red by law when there was absol"tely no roo' that thethree nstr"mental wtnesses were credble wtness.

She ar!"es that the re("re. ment n Artcle 8&, Cl Code,that the wtnesses m"st be credble s an absol"tere("rement whch m"st be comled wth be'ore an alle!edlast wll and testament may be admtted to robate and thatto be a credble wtness, there m"st be edence on recordthat the wtness has a !ood standn! n hs comm"nty, orthat he s honest and "r!ht, or re"ted to be tr"stworthyand relable. Accordn! to ettoner, "nless the ("al)catonso' the wtness are )rst establshed, hs testmony may not be

'aorably consdered. Gettoner contends that the termMcredbleM s not synonymo"s wth McometentM 'or a wtnessmay be cometent "nder Artcle 8%& and 8%1 o' the ClCode and stll not be credble as re("red by Artcle 8&5 o'the same Code. -t s '"rther "r!ed that the term McredbleM as"sed n the Cl Code sho"ld recee the same settled andwellB known meann! t has "nder the at"ral3aton 4aw, thelatter ben! a kndred le!slaton wth the Cl Coderosons on w!s wth resect to the ("al)catons o'wtnesses.

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*O the contenton s tenable.

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o. Artcle 8%& o' the Cl Code rodes the ("al)catons o'a wtness to the e0ec"ton o' wlls whle Artcle 8%1 sets 'orththe ds("al)caton 'rom ben! a wtness to a wn. TheseArtcles stateN

Art. 8%&. Any erson o' so"nd mnd and o' thea!e o' e!hteen years or more, and not blnd,


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dea' or d"mb, and able to read and wrte, maybe a wtness to the e0ec"ton o' a wllmentoned n artcle 8& o' ths Code. MArt. 8%1.The 'ollown! are ds("al)ed 'rom ben!wtnesses to a wllNI1 Any erson not domcled n the Ghlnes,I% Those who hae been concted o''als)caton o' a doc"ment, er"ry or 'alsetestmony.

6nder the law, there s no mandatory re("rement that thewtness test'y ntally or at any tme d"rn! the tral as to hs!ood standn! n the comm"nty, hs re"taton 'ortr"stworthythness and relableness, hs honesty and"r!htness n order that hs testmony may be beleed andacceted by the tral co"rt. -t s eno"!h that the("al)catons en"merated n Artcle 8%& o' the Cl Code arecomled wth, s"ch that the so"ndness o' hs mnd can be

shown by or ded"ced 'rom hs answers to the ("estonsroo"nded to hm, that hs a!e I18 years or more s shown'rom hs aearance, testmony , or cometently roedotherwse, as well as the 'act that he s not blnd, dea' ord"mb and that he s able to read and wrte to the sats'actono' the Co"rt, and that he has none o' the ds("al)catons"nder Artcle 8%1 o' the Cl Code. *e reect ettonerscontenton that t m"st )rst be establshed n the record the!ood standn! o' the wtness n the comm"nty, hsre"taton 'or tr"stworthness and relableness, hs honestyand "r!htness, beca"se s"ch attrb"tes are res"med o'

the wtness "nless the contrary s roed otherwse by theoosn! arty.*e also reect as wtho"t mert ettoners contenton thatthe term McredbleM as "sed n the Cl Code sho"ld be !enthe same meann! t has "nder the at"ral3aton 4aw wherethe law s mandatory that the etton 'or nat"ral3aton m"stbe s"orted by two character wtnesses who m"st roether !ood standn! n the comm"nty, re"taton 'ortr"stworthness and relableness, ther honesty and"r!htness. The two wtnesses n a etton 'or nat"ral3atonare character wtnesses n that ben! ct3ens o' the

Ghlnes, they ersonally know the ettoner to be aresdent o' the Ghlnes 'or the erod o' tme re("red by

the Act and a erson o' !ood re"te and morallyrreroachable and that sad ettoner has n ther onon allthe ("al)catons necessary to become a ct3en o' theGhlnes and s not n any way ds("al)ed "nder therosons o' the at"ral3aton 4aw ISecton ,Commonwealth Act o. $D as amended.-n robate roceedn!s, the nstr"mental wtnesses are notcharacter wtnesses 'or they merely attest the e0ec"ton o' awll or testament and a/rm the 'ormaltes attendant to sade0ec"ton. And *e a!ree wth the resondent that the r"ln!slad down n the cases cted by ettoner concernn!character wtnesses n nat"ral3aton roceedn!s are notalcable to nstr"mental wtnesses to wlls e0ec"ted "nderthe Cl Code o' the Ghlnes.

-n the case at bar, the )ndn! that each and eeryone o' thethree nstr"mental wtnesses, namely, ?atlde Oroba, Celso;maya and ?ara ;maya, are cometent and credble s

sats'actorly s"orted by the edence as 'o"nd by theresondent Co"rt o' Aeals, whch )ndn!s o' 'act thsTrb"nal s bo"nd to accet and rely "on. ?oreoer,ettoner has not onted to any ds("al)caton o' any o' thesad wtnesses, m"ch less has t been shown that anyone o'them s below 18 years o' a!e, o' "nso"nd mnd, dea' ord"mb, or cannot read or wrte.

Getton dened.

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G.R. $o. %79786- !+l, 2'- 2(%3

!OSIELE$E LARA /HA$-Petitioner, v.!OH$$0 T./HA$-Respondent.

FACTS

Joselne 4ara Chan )led a etton 'or the declaraton o'n"llty o' her marra!e to resondent Johnny Chan, thedssol"ton o' ther con"!al artnersh o' !ans, and theaward o' c"stody o' ther chldren to her. Joselene clamedthat Johnny 'aled to care 'or and s"ort hs 'amly and thata sychatrst da!nosed hm as mentally de)cent d"e toncessant drnkn! and e0cesse "se o' rohbted dr"!s.

"rn! the reBtral con'erence, Joselene reBmarked theGhlhealth Clam Form1 that Johnny attached to hs answer asroo' that he was 'orcbly con)ned at the rehabltaton "nto' a hostal. The 'orm carred a hyscan


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:"le 1D& o' the :"les o' 7dence whch readsN cralaonln elawlbrary

S7C. %$. Disqualication b reason of privile!edcommunication.P The 'ollown! ersons cannot test'y as tomatters learned n con)dence n the 'ollown! casesN cralaonlnelawlbrary

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Ic A erson a"thor3ed to ractce medcne, s"r!ery orobstetrcs cannot n a cl case, wtho"t the consent o' theatent, be e0amned as to any adce or treatment !en byhm or any n'ormaton whch he may hae ac("red nattendn! s"ch atent n a ro'essonal caacty, whchn'ormaton was necessary to enable hm to act n thatcaacty, and whch wo"ld blacken the re"taton o' theatent.

The hyscanBatent rle!ed comm"ncaton r"leessentally means that a hyscan who !ets n'ormatonwhle ro'essonally attendn! a atent cannot n a cl casebe e0amned wtho"t the atent


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On 19 October %&&&, nstead o' "datn! the acco"nt o'resondent Kalalo, ettoner S?C sent her a demand letter'or the al"e o' the seen dshonored checks.

On 5 ecember %&&&, and n the 'ace o' constant threatsmade by the a!ents o' S?C, resondent


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EOLE OF THE HILII$ES vs MI/HAEL A. HIO$AGR $O. %8&7(9 FEBRUAR0 %8- 2(%(

FACTS

AAA was 'o"nd dead on the mornn! o' J"ne 1%, %&&& n herho"se n -sla Coa, Consolaton, Ca!ayan de Oro Cty. Shewas raed, hyscally manhandled and stran!led, whcheent"ally led to her death. =er '"rnt"re and belon!n!swere 'o"nd strewn on the Uoor. AAA


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a lookBo"t, and attrb"ted the crme to hs coBacc"sed:om"lo +. Sea, Jr. alias;eracsL and a certan :eyacs.LA day a'ter hs arrest or on J"ne 1$, %&&&, aellant n annterew whch was broadcasted, when asked by a radoreorter "h did ou do it to our aunt#$L answeredBecause of m friends and peers.% *hen ressed ' he wasnto0cated or was on dr"!s when he dd t,L aellantanswered that he dd t beca"se o' hs 'rends and o' oerty.

Albet aellant

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