Where
there is wrongful attachment, the attachment defendant may recover actual
damages even without proof that the attachment plaintiff acted in bad faith in
obtaining the attachment. However, if it is alleged and established that the
attachment was not merely wrongful but also malicious, the attachment defendant
may recover moral damages and exemplary damages as well. Either way, the
wrongfulness of the attachment does not warrant the automatic award of damages
to the attachment defendant; the latter must first discharge the burden of
proving the nature and extent of the loss or injury incurred by reason of the
wrongful attachment.
Friday, November 28, 2014
Thursday, November 27, 2014
GENERAL PRINCIPLES:
The Court adopted a policy of liberally construing its
rules in order to promote a just, speedy and inexpensive disposition of every
action and proceeding. The rules can be suspended on the following
grounds: (1) matters of life, liberty, honor or property, (2) the existence of
special or compelling circumstances, (3) the merits of the case, (4) a cause
not entirely attributable to the fault or negligence of the party favored by
the suspension of the rules, (5) a lack of any showing that the review sought
is merely frivolous and dilatory, and (6) the other party will not be unjustly
prejudiced thereby.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
PARTITION:
Partition is the
separation, division and assignment of a thing held in common among those to
whom it may belong.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
EJECTMENT:
An ejectment case is designed to restore,
through summary proceedings, the physical possession of any land or building to
one who has been illegally deprived of such possession, without prejudice to
the settlement of the parties’ opposing claims of juridical possession in
appropriate proceedings. Any ruling on
the question of ownership is only provisional and made for the sole purpose of
determining who is entitled to possession de
facto. Certainly,
a judgment in an ejectment case could only resolve the question as to who has a
better right to possess the subject property but definitely, it could not
conclusively determine whether petitioners are entitled to the award under the
ZIP or ascertain if respondents are disqualified beneficiaries.
Monday, November 24, 2014
JURISDICTION OVER PROVISIONAL REMEDIES:
The Court which grants or issues a provisional
remedy is the court which has jurisdiction over the main action. This includes
an inferior court which may grant a provisional remedy in an action pending
within its jurisdiction. The provisional remedy is applied for and granted by
the court which has jurisdiction over the principal action.
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