A.M. No. 1349-CFI - JANUARY 1978 - PHILIPPINE JURISPRUDENCE CASE NUMBERCASE TITLE A.M. No. 1349-CFIJanuary 5, 1978 Coronation P. Biaban vs. Amelia K. Del Rosario A.M. No. P-1251January 6, 1978 Herminia V. Galman vs. Jesus Guasch G.R. No. L-31490January 6, 1978 Republic of the Philippines vs. Bisaya Land Transportation Co., Inc. G.R. No. L-45513-14January 6, 1978 Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Employees Union vs. Francisco L. Estrella G.R. No. L-29618January 9, 1978 Bisaya Land Transportation Co. Inc. vs. Francisco Geronimo G.R. No. L-29791January 10, 1978 Francisco S. Hernandez vs. Rural Bank of Lucena, Inc. A.M. No. 75-6-DJJanuary 17, 1978 Daniel B. Galangi vs. George C. Macli-Ing G.R. No. L-46228January 17, 1978 People of the Philippines vs. Rolando R. Villaraza G.R. No. L-30745January 18, 1978 Philippine Match Co., Ltd. vs. City of Cebu G.R. No. L-36016January 18, 1978 People of the Philippines vs. Rogelio Cagod G.R. No. L-33254January 20, 1978 People of the Philippines vs. Licerio P. Sendaydiego G.R. No. L-30764January 21, 1978 Dionisio Demontaño vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. L-31494January 23, 1978 Pastor Lopez vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. L-39037January 23, 1978 Insular Bank of Asia and America vs. Isidro C. Borromeo G.R. No. L-43233January 23, 1978 Citizen's Surety and Insurance Co., Inc. vs. J. Alfredo B. Concepcion A.M. No. 1065January 31, 1978 Andres M. Aquino vs. Melecio N. Aficial A.M. No. 1243January 31, 1978 Felicitas Salazar-Choco. vs. Demetrio S. Villaflor A.M. No. 1312-CFIJanuary 31, 1978 Antonio V. Raquiza vs. Mariano Castañeda, Jr. A.M. No. 1628-CARJanuary 31, 1978 Emiliano C. Valdez vs. Miguel T. Valera, J. A.M. No. 755January 31, 1978 Rogelio Pesole vs. Lucio L. Rodriguez A.M. Nos. 902 & 926January 31, 1978 Hakim S. Abdulwahid vs. Efren B. Reyes G.R. No. L-24332January 31, 1978 Ramon Rallos vs. Felix Go Chan & Sons Realty Corp. G.R. No. L-26367January 31, 1978 Republic of the Philippines vs. Consuelo Guarin G.R. No. L-27082January 31, 1978 Filomeno Coca vs. Guadalupe Pizarras Vda. De Pangilinan G.R. No. L-31339January 31, 1978 Villa Rey Transit, Inc. vs. Far East Motor Corp. G.R. No. L-32300January 31, 1978 Pillsbury Mindanao Flour Milling Co., Inc. vs. Felix Murillo G.R. No. L-32667January 31, 1978 Phil. National Bank vs. Court of Industrial Relations G.R. No. L-33340January 31, 1978 Felipe Samson vs. Feliciana Ramos G.R. No. L-33367January 31, 1978 Rodolfo A. Paet vs. Cfi of Rizal G.R. No. L-33549January 31, 1978 Banco Atlantico vs. Auditor General G.R. No. L-35412January 31, 1978 Remegio Cortes vs. Vicente O. Frias G.R. No. L-39674January 31, 1978 Urbana Velasco Aroc vs. People's Homesite and Housing Corp. G.R. No. L-39822January 31, 1978 Antonio E. Prats vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. L-40533January 31, 1978 Cosme Cabio vs. Bonifacio Alcantara G.R. No. L-40804January 31, 1978 Rosario Feliciano Vda. De Ramos vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. L-40846January 31, 1978 Arsenio N. Salcedo vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. L-41192January 31, 1978 Ong Tiao Seng vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. L-42631January 31, 1978 Leopoldo Lorenzo vs. Workmen's Compensation Com. G.R. No. L-42739January 31, 1978 Amado T. Cruz vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission G.R. No. L-43672January 31, 1978 People of the Philippines vs. Jesus B. Ruiz G.R. No. L-44909January 31, 1978 Leoncio Sy Y. Ang vs. Ricardo Y. Navarro G.R. No. L-45335January 31, 1978 Teofista De Castro Balajadia vs. Gregorio G. Pineda G.R. No. L-46179January 31, 1978 Candida Virata vs. Victorio Ochoa G.R. No. L-47074January 31, 1978 Laperal Dev't. Corp. vs. Abraham P. Vera G.R. No. L-47426January 31, 1978 Evelyn B. Bala vs. Fidel Ramos The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc. Coronation P. Biaban vs. Amelia K. Del Rosario Herminia V. Galman vs. Jesus Guasch Republic of the Philippines vs. Bisaya Land Transportation Co., Inc. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Employees Union vs. Francisco L. Estrella Bisaya Land Transportation Co. Inc. vs. Francisco Geronimo Francisco S. Hernandez vs. Rural Bank of Lucena, Inc. Daniel B. Galangi vs. George C. Macli-Ing People of the Philippines vs. Rolando R. Villaraza Philippine Match Co., Ltd. vs. City of Cebu People of the Philippines vs. Rogelio Cagod People of the Philippines vs. Licerio P. Sendaydiego Dionisio Demontaño vs. Court of Appeals Pastor Lopez vs. Court of Appeals Insular Bank of Asia and America vs. Isidro C. Borromeo Citizen's Surety and Insurance Co., Inc. vs. J. Alfredo B. Concepcion Andres M. Aquino vs. Melecio N. Aficial Felicitas Salazar-Choco. vs. Demetrio S. Villaflor Antonio V. Raquiza vs. Mariano Castañeda, Jr. Emiliano C. Valdez vs. Miguel T. Valera, J. Rogelio Pesole vs. Lucio L. Rodriguez Hakim S. Abdulwahid vs. Efren B. Reyes Ramon Rallos vs. Felix Go Chan & Sons Realty Corp. Republic of the Philippines vs. Consuelo Guarin Filomeno Coca vs. Guadalupe Pizarras Vda. De Pangilinan Villa Rey Transit, Inc. vs. Far East Motor Corp. Pillsbury Mindanao Flour Milling Co., Inc. vs. Felix Murillo Phil. National Bank vs. Court of Industrial Relations Felipe Samson vs. Feliciana Ramos Rodolfo A. Paet vs. Cfi of Rizal Banco Atlantico vs. Auditor General Remegio Cortes vs. Vicente O. Frias Urbana Velasco Aroc vs. People's Homesite and Housing Corp. Antonio E. Prats vs. Court of Appeals Cosme Cabio vs. Bonifacio Alcantara Rosario Feliciano Vda. De Ramos vs. Court of Appeals Arsenio N. Salcedo vs. Court of Appeals Ong Tiao Seng vs. Court of Appeals Leopoldo Lorenzo vs. Workmen's Compensation Com. Amado T. Cruz vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission People of the Philippines vs. Jesus B. Ruiz Leoncio Sy Y. Ang vs. Ricardo Y. Navarro Teofista De Castro Balajadia vs. Gregorio G. Pineda Candida Virata vs. Victorio Ochoa Laperal Dev't. Corp. vs. Abraham P. Vera Evelyn B. Bala vs. Fidel Ramos The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc.
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SECOND DIVISION
A.M. No. 1349-CFI January 5, 1978
CORONATION P. BIABAN,complainant,
vs.
EXECUTIVE JUDGE AMELIA K. DEL ROSARIO, CFI of Aklan, Branch II, at Kaliborespondent.
R E S O L U T I O N
ANTONIO,J.:
Complainant a respondent Judge Amelia K. del Rosario of the Court of First Instance of Aklan, of bias in deciding on appeal Criminal Case No. 2489 for Malicious Mischief.
It appears that this complaint stemmed from the d of the case of Mischief instituted by complainant against Bibiana P. Bautista, her husband Longinos Bautista, and their four sons, Ely, Godofredo, Eduardo and Reynaldo.ℒαwρhi৷This case was filed first before the Municipal Court of New Washington, Aklan. After trial, the municipal court dismissed the case against Bibiana P. Bautista on the ground that she was exempt from criminal liability being the sister of the complainant, while all the remaining accused were convicted and sentenced to suffer twenty (20) days of imprisonment and to indemnify Coronacion Pastrana in the sum of Fifty Pesos (P50.00). On appeal, the Court of First Instance, presided over by respondent Judge, acquitted all the accused on the basis of its findings that damage if any, was not inflicted due to hate, revenge or other evil motive. It was found established by the evidence that the cutting down of the star apple tree and the damage on the vegetable plants were apparently caused by the transfer, by Bibiana Bautista, of the house of her son, Godofredo Bautista, to the portion of the land which belonged to her. It was found, therefore, that no malice attended the aforementioned action of Bibiana. Indeed, if there is no malice in causing the damage to the property, there is no crime of malicious mischief, and the obligation to repair the damage is only civil. As correctly found by the Judicial Consultant, there is no showing from the record that respondent Judge acted with bias or partiality in the adjudication of the afore-mentioned case.
WHEREFORE,in view of the foregoing, this case isDISMISSED.
Barredo, Actg. (Chairman), Aquino, Concepcion, Jr. and Guerrero, JJ., concur.
Fernando (Chairman) and Santos, JJ., are on leave.
Guerrero, J., was designated to sit in the Second Division.