Christian General Assembly Inc. vs.

Ignacio, 597 SCRA 266 (2009) ALDABA

Issue: Which has exclusive original jurisdiction RTC or HLURB
Ruling: HLURB because of its expertise and know-how
Realty Exchange Venture Corp v Sendino 233 SCRA 665 AVEO
Issue: WON HLURB has jurisdiction
Ruling: YES. The HLURB has quasi-judicial functions. Although such power was not granted by the law creating the
HLURB, it can be implied from the fact that HLURB is the sole regulatory board for housing and land development.
HLURB would have been reduced to a functionally sterile entity if it lacked the powers exercised by its predecessor,
the HSRC, which included the power to settle disputes concerning land use.
Antipolo Realty Corp. v National Housing Authority 153 SCRA 399 CARIAGA
Issue: WON NHA has jurisdiction over the present controversy
Ruling: NHA was upheld by SC
Neither did the NHA commit any abuse, let alone a grave abuse of discretion or act in excess of its jurisdiction when it
ordered the reinstatement of the Contract to Sell between the parties. Such reinstatement is no more than a logical
consequence of the NHA's correct ruling, just noted, that the petitioner was not entitled to rescind the Contract to Sell.
There is, in any case, no question that under Presidential Decree No. 957, the NHA was legally empowered to
determine and protect the rights of contracting parties under the law administered by it and under the respective
agreements, as well as to ensure that their obligations thereunder are faithfully performed.
US v. Dorr 2 Phil 332 - BILLIONES
In modern political science, the term government is defined as the institution or aggregate of institutions by which an
independent society makes and carries out those rulesxxxthe government is the aggregation of authorities which
rule a society (administration).[1]
On the other hand, the Sedition Act of 1798, the term government is used in an abstract sense (e.q. President,
Congress), meaning the existing political system, its laws and institutions. The Court opines that it is in this sense that
the term is used in the enactment (Art. 292) under consideration.
Hence, in Art. 292, the meaning of Insular of the Government of the Phil. Islands is the government as a system,
however, the article in questions attacks the government as the aggregate of public officials who run it.
The Court ruled that the article in question contains no attack upon the governmental system of the U.S., by which
the authority of the U.S. is enforced in these Islands per se. In this case, it is the character of men who are entrusted
with the administration of the government which the writer wants to bring disrepute due to their motives, public
integrity, and private morals and wisdoms of their policy. The publication does not constitute any seditious tendency
being apparent to be in violation of Art. 292.