Sunday, March 30, 2014

Deep shit in appeals

What must be done to stop a lawyer who enjoys wallowing in appeals much like a carabao wallowing in the mud after a hard day's work? Of course by diswallowing his appeals.

From page 550 of the textbook by Florenz D. Regalado Remedial Law Compendium, Volume I, Civil Procedure, 10th Edition:


Saturday, March 29, 2014

Saturday typos - be he

From Remedial Law Compendium, Volume I, Civil Procedure, 10th Edition by Florenz D. Regalado:

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Of finals and Patrick

Irregular postings for two weeks now because it is finals season.

Our professor for Civil Procedure, Atty. Rosario Evelyn S. Singco, was still wrapping up our discussions yesterday evening. She even asked his husband to handle the first part of the meeting about replevin and foreclosure which was his expertise. Nice touch!

And this evening is our final exam, the last for this semester.

CivPro has been compressed to four units in the new curriculum. There is so much to digest in the ordinary time allotted that Prof. Singco had to meet with us several times, including yesterday's,  outside our schedule.

Methinks that the professor had a good grasp of the subject, she having worked in the Court of Appeals for sometime. She was a UP Cebu professor before that.

Good luck to all of us and see everyone in third year!

Oh, before I forget, I met Patrick Gallito yesterday on my way to class. He is graduating this year. Smart young man; one of the smarties I had the privilege of being a classmate with. I know I will see his name among the new lawyers next March. Right off the bat, I can name ten former classmates who will be lawyers next year.


Sunday, March 16, 2014

Payment for honor vs acceptance for honor

In the Negotiable Instruments Law subject under Atty. Boligao we were assigned to give oral reports in pairs. Ranel Ramoga and I discussed payment for honor. In the tradition of Dating Daan, Mr. Ramoga was the reader of each section while I did the explaining. We got quite a laugh in the process.

Our main text was The Law on Negotiable Instruments, 2013 Edition by De Leon and De Leon.

On page 294 of the book the authors distinguished payment for honor from acceptance for honor thus:


And this is where our pair faced a problematic question posed by a classmate. She asked why the acceptor is only secondarily liable in the payment for honor but primarily liable in the acceptance for honor. I could not give an honest answer because even the authors are confused.

Section 165 actually refers to acceptance for honor (the latter, not the former,  in the above comparison). And Section 62, on the other hand, refers to a regular acceptor, not an acceptor for honor.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Preservation vial

From page 722 of  The Labor Code With Comments and Cases, Vol. II-A & Vol. II-B, 2013 Edition by Cesario A Azucena Jr.:


Saturday, March 8, 2014

Minor typos from Azucena

From The Labor Code, With Comments and Cases Vol. II-A & II-B, 2013 Edition by Cesario A Azucena Jr.:

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This is how Prof. Riano invariably pronounces motu proprio.

Page 171 -

See the quoted jurisprudence for the correct word.

Page 364 -