Professional Documents
Culture Documents
I. Agency1
See New Civil Code (NCC), Arts. 1868, 1870, 1875-76, 1896, 1919-20
Cases: Apex Mining Co., Inc. v. Southeast Mindanao Gold Mining Corp., 492
SCRA 355 (2006)
Orient Air Services & Hotel Representatives v. CA, 197 SCTA 645 (1991)
2. Parties to Agency
Cases: Rallos v. Felix Go Chan & Sons Realty Corp., L-24332, January 31, 1978
Bordador v. Luz, G.R. No. 130148, December 15, 1997
Victorias Milling v. CA, G.R. No. 117356, June 19, 2000
Sps. Viloria v. Continental Airlines, G.R. No. 188288, January 16, 2012
Case: Dela Peña v. Hidalgo, G.R. No. L-5486, August 17, 1910
b. Sale
Cases: Albaladejo y Cia v. Philippines Refining Co., G.R. No. L-20726 (1923)
Quiroga v. Parsons Hardware G.R. No. 11491, August 23, 1918
d. Lease of Service
1References: New Civil Code, Articles 1868-1932; De Leon and De Leon, Jr., Comments and Cases on
Partnership, Agency, and Trusts; Casis, Analysis of Philippine Agency Law & Jurisprudence; Nolledo,
Handbook on Sales, Agency and Bailments; Villanueva, Non-Corporate Media of Doing Business
(Agency, Trusts, Partnership and Joint Venture).
See NCC, Art. 1644
Cases: Fressel v. Mariano Uy Chaco Sons & Co., G.R. No. 10918, March 4, 1916
Shell v. Firemen’s Insurance, G.R. No. L-8169, January 29, 1957
h. Bailment
i. Guardianship
j. Trust
a. Oral
b. Written
Cases: Air France v. CA, G.R. No. L-57339, Dec. 29, 1983
Angeles v. Philippine National Railways, G.R. No. 150128, Aug. 31, 2006
Jimenez v. Rabat, G.R. No. L-12579, July 27, 1918
Cosmic Lumber v. CA, G.R. No. 114311, Nov. 29, 1996
AF Realty v. Dieselman, G.R. No. 111448, Jan. 16, 2002
6. Kinds of Agency
a. Manner of Creation
ii. By Operation of Law [NCC, Arts. 1869, 1884 (2), 1930, 1931]
Case: Yun Kwan Byung v. Phil. Amusement Gaming Corp., G.R. No. 163553,
Dec. 11, 2009
Case: Woodchild Holdings, Inc. v. Roxas Electric & Construction Co., 436
SCRA 235 (2004)
c. Authority Conferred
1. To the Principal
2. To Third Persons
a. Agent acting within the scope of authority (NCC, Arts. 1897, 1899-1900)
b. Agent acting outside the scope of authority (NCC, Arts. 1897-1898, 1911,
1901-1902)
a. Agent has contracted within the scope of his authority (NCC, Arts. 1910,
1881, 1883, 1897)
II. Partnership2
Cases: Lim Tong Lim v. Philippine Fishing Gear, 317 SCRA 738 (1999)
Philex Mining Corp. v. CIR, 551 SCRA 428 (2008)
6. Creation
7. Kind of Partnership
8. Kinds of Partners
a. Liable for inclusion of name a firm name (NCC, Art. 1815; Code of
Professional Responsibility, Rule 3.02)
Case: Jo Chung Cang v. Pacific Commercial Co., 45 Phil. 142 (1923)
c. Agents of the co-partners and the partnership (NCC, Arts. 1803, 1818-
1821)
Cases: Litton v. Hill, supra
Goquiolay v. SyCip, 105 Phil. 984 (1960) and 9 SCRA 663 (1963)
Santiago Syjuco v. Castro, 175 SCRA 171 (1989)
Congco v. Trilliana, 13 Phil. 194 (1909)
d. Solidarily liable for wrongful acts and omissions and breach of trust
(NCC, Art. 1822-1824)
Case: Muñasque v. CA, 139 SCRA 533 (1985)
e. Liability due to estoppel (NCC, Art. 1825; BP Blg. 68, Sec. 21)
Cases: MacDonald v. National City Bank of New York, supra
Pioneer Insurance v. CA, supra
g. Partnership interest charged for personal debt (NCC, Arts. 1814, 1827)
Case: Viuda de Chan v. Peng, 503 Phil. 906 (1929)
3. Consequences of Dissolution
D. Limited Partnership
1. Definition and Characteristics (NCC, Arts. 1843-1845, 1848, 1850, & 1857)
3. Parties
a. Limited Partners
v. Rights
c. Person with erroneous belief that he is a limited partner (NCC, Art. 1852)
4. Certificate of Partnership
GRADING SYSTEM:
Midterms – 30%
Recitation – 25%
Attendance – 5%
University rules on class attendance and delinquency will be strictly enforced. More
than three (3) unexcused absences during the semester shall merit a grade of “Dropped”
if the student has a passing class standing. If the student has a failing class standing
(below 3.0), he/she shall automatically merit a grade of “5.0.”