The local government unit where the property is situated has the right to collect taxes therefrom. Thus, to determine who has the right to collect taxes, it is necessary to determine the location of the property...
By its express terms, the Corporation Code allows the shortening or lengthening of the period within which to send the notice to call a special or regular meeting...
The failure of FEGDI to deliver the stock certificates within a reasonable time was a substantial breach of their contract that gave Vertex the right to rescind the sale under Article 1191 of the Civil Code...
Considering that the Board of Directors remained silent and the Postmaster Generals continued to approve the payments to Aboitiz One, they are presumed to have substantially ratified respondent's unauthorized acts...
A derivative suit is an action filed by stockholders to enforce a corporate action. It is an exception to the general rule that the corporation’s power to sue is exercised only by the board of directors or trustees...
​​Possession of unique skills, expertise, or talent is a persuasive element of an independent contractor. It becomes conclusive if it is established that the worker performed the work according to his/her own manner and method and free from the principal 's control except to the result...
Under the Original Document Rule (previously called the Best Evidence Rule), when the subject of inquiry is the contents of a document, writing, photograph or other record, no evidence is admissible other than the original document itself...
The burden of proving that the termination of an employee was for a just or authorized cause lies with the employer. If the employer fails to meet this burden, the dismissal is unjustified, thus, illegal...
​​Possession of unique skills, expertise, or talent is a persuasive element of an independent contractor. It becomes conclusive if it is established that the worker performed the work according to his/her own manner and method and free from the principal 's control except to the result...
The failure of FEGDI to deliver the stock certificates within a reasonable time was a substantial breach of their contract that gave Vertex the right to rescind the sale under Article 1191 of the Civil Code...
​​Possession of unique skills, expertise, or talent is a persuasive element of an independent contractor. It becomes conclusive if it is established that the worker performed the work according to his/her own manner and method and free from the principal 's control except to the result...
The deposit is a jurisdictional requirement which must be satisfied before the court can entertain any action assailing the validity of the public auction sale...
Since the law specifically requires an LOA and RMO No. 32-2005 requires the conversion of the previously issued LN to an LOA, the absence thereof cannot be simply swept under the rug...