CIVIL LAW:VALID
TENDER OF PAYMENT; ENOUGH TO EXERCISE RIGHT OF REPURCHASE.
Since the case at bar involves the exercise of the right to
repurchase, a showing that petitioner made a valid tender of payment is
sufficient. It is enough that a sincere or genuine tender of payment and
not a mock or deceptive one was made. The fact that he deposited the amount
of repurchase money with the Clerk of Court was simply an additional security
for the petitioner. It was not an essential act that had to be performed
after tender of payment was refused by the private respondent although
it may serve to indicate the veracity of desire to comply with the obligation.
CRIMINAL LAW:DEFENSE
OF DENIAL; CANNOT PREVAIL OVER POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION.
His defense is one of mere denial, and we have time and again
held that denial can not prevail over positive identification. And so also,
that credibility of witnesses is left to the sound discretion of the judge
and in accepting one testimony and rejecting another, he can not be overturned
by the appellate tribunal unless he has seriously abused his discretion.
REMEDIAL LAW:MOTIONS;
MUST MEET NOTICE REQUIREMENTS;OTHERWISE CONSIDERED A WORTHLESS PIECE OF
PAPER.
Section 4 of Rule 15 of the Rules of Court requires that notice
of motion be served by the movant on all parties concerned at least three
(3) days before its hearing. Section 5 of the same Rule provides that the
notice shall be directed to the parties concerned, and shall state the
time and place for the hearing of the motion. A motion which does not meet
the requirements of Sections 4 and 5 of Rule 15 of the Rules of Court is
considered a worthless piece of paper which the clerk has no right to receive
and the court has no authority to act upon. Service of copy of a motion
containing notice of the time and place of hearing of said motion is a
mandatory requirement.
LABOR LAW:RETURN
TO WORK ORDER; NOT A MATTER OF OPTION OR VOLUNTARINESS BUT OF OBLIGATION.
The return to work order does not so much confer a right as
it imposes a duty; and while as a right it may be waived, it must be discharged
as a duty even against the worker's will. Returning to work in this situation
is not a matter of option or voluntariness but of obligation. The worker
must return to his job together with his co-workers so the operations of
the company can be resumed and it can continue serving the public and promoting
its interest.
COMMERCIAL LAW:CORPORATE
LAW; NO GENERAL RULE AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES "DOING" OR "ENGAGING" OR "TRANSACTING"
BUSINESS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
There is no general rule or governing principle laid down as
to what constitutes "doing" or "engaging in" or "transacting" business
in the Philippines. Each case must be judged in the light of its peculiar
circumstances. Thus, a foreign corporation with a settling agent in the
Philippines which issued twelve marine policies covering different shipments
to the Philippines and a foreign corporation which had been collecting
premiums on outstanding policies were regarded as doing business here.
The acts of these corporations should be distinguished from a single or
isolated business transaction or occasional, incidental and casual transactions
which do not come within the meaning of the law. Where a single act or
transaction, however, is not merely incidental or casual but indicates
the foreign corporation's intention to do other business in the Philippines,
said single act or transaction constitutes "doing" or "engaging in" or
"transacting" business in the Philippines.
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