Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Philippines from ..., Band 5Bureau of Printing, 1907 |
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accordance herewith accused alleged Ana Ortiz Arellano Arquiza authority Batangas bill of exceptions Carson cause of action Cebu charged city of Manila Civil Code Civil Procedure claim Code of Civil committed complaint concur contract costs crime criminal deceased decision defendant and appellant demurrer document entered in accordance execution expiration of twenty facts favor fendant filed Fitton Government guilty habeas corpus Ilocos Sur imprisonment inferior court Instance of Manila Johnson José Juan judge Judgment affirmed jurisdiction justice Kananga land Manila Bay Mapa ment Mexican pesos municipal court offense opinion owner parties payment peace Penal Code penalty person pesos Phil Philippine Commission Philippine Islands Philippine pesos plaintiff and appellee possession presented Province provisions purpose question reason remanded rendered sentence Solicitor-General Araneta Supreme Court territory testimony therein thereof tion Torres trial court twenty days judgment United Willard witness writ of habeas
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Seite 811 - All persons having an interest in the subject of the action and in obtaining the relief demanded...
Seite 100 - Whenever a statute gives a discretionary power to any person, to be exercised by him upon his own opinion of certain facts, it is a sound rule of construction, that the statute constitutes him the sole and exclusive judge of the existence of those facts.
Seite 624 - In all criminal prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it appears to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted.
Seite 109 - They respect the nation, not individual rights, and being intrusted to the executive, the decision of the executive is conclusive. The application of this remark will be perceived by adverting to the act of congress for establishing the department of foreign affairs. This officer, as his duties were prescribed by that act, is to conform precisely to the will of the president. He is the mere organ by whom that will is communicated. The acts of such an officer, as an officer, can never be examinable...
Seite 203 - It is competent for the states to change the form of the remedy, or to modify it otherwise, as they may see fit, provided no substantial right secured by the contract is thereby impaired. No attempt has been made to fix definitely the line between alterations of the remedy, which are to be deemed legitimate, and those which, under the form of modifying the remedy, impair substantial rights. Every case must...
Seite 109 - By the Constitution of the United States the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Seite 341 - degree of credit, which ought to be given to the testimony of an accomplice, is a matter exclusively within the province of the jury. It has sometimes been said, that they ought not to believe him, unless his testimony is corroborated by other evidence ; and, without doubt, great caution in weighing such testimony is dictated by prudence and reason.
Seite 298 - This police power of the state extends to the protection of the lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the state.
Seite 112 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Seite 773 - If the magistrate is satisfied therefrom that the offense complained of has been committed, and that there is reasonable ground to believe that the defendant has committed it, he must issue a warrant of arrest.