The doctrine of “Self-Help” is an exemption that a person should not take the law intro his own hands.

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• The doctrine of “Hot Pursuit” is an exemption to that a person should not take the law into his own hands.
• Samson, the son of a wealthy family has always claimed that since childhood, he was not a boy. He played with the girls and did not mingle with the boys. After finishing his course at a university in the Philippines, he went to the US to take up his masteral and doctorate degrees. He consulted several doctors of the possibility of sex transmission from that of male to that of a female. The sex transmission was done in Thailand and which was certified as successful by a medical expert in Manila, hence, he claimed to be a woman. He filed a petition for correction of entry of his record of birth from male to female and his name from Samson to Delailah as he was marrying his fiancé. The lower court granted the petition. Is the order of the court correct?
• A has been using the name Pedro since birth although his record of birth shows that his name is Juan. He is now 25 years old and about to take the Bar Exams. How can he use the name Juan when he will take the Bar Exams?
• Mr. Debtor owes fifteen (15) persons substantial amounts of money. His financial situation indicates that his liabilities for exceed his assets. If Mr. Debtor cedes or assigns his properties to his creditors,
• A built his house on his lot up to the boundary line and opened windows with direct view over the lot of B. Twenty (20) years later, B built his house up to the boundary line of his lot, hence, A filed a complaint enjoining B from building his house up to the boundary contending that he has acquired the easement of light and view by prescription and that B cannot build less than 3 meters from the boundary. Is A correct?
• A is the owner of a parcel of land covered by a TCT No. 1. B stole the title, forged his signature and transferred it under his name. TCT No. 2 was issued under his name. He sold it to C who registered under his name. When returned to the Philippine in 2010, he discovered that his title was transferred to another. Can he recover the same?
• P appointed A, his agent for the purpose of selling the former’s car for P500,000.00. A sold the car in his name to B. After delivery, it was found out that the car has hidden defects which rendered the car unfit for the purpose of B. Can B file an action against P even if A acted in his own name?
• Amelia and Arsenio are married. Amelia went to the U.S. to work as a nurse in 2005. She left her two (2) children, Benjie and Cherry, 4 years old and 2 years old, respectively, with her parents, Danilo and Elenita. Later, because his parents-in-law, do not want to give his children to him, Arsenio, through trickery, was able to get his children from their maternal grandparents. Danilo and Elenita are claiming that they have a better right to have custody over Benjie and Cherry since they are financially capable of supporting the needs of the children. Can the grandparents claim back the children?
• P appointed A, his agent to manage his business in the United States of America. A died and his son, S, managed the same until P could appoint another agent to personally take over. The agency of S is one based on:
• In 1986, Jennifer and Brad were madly in love. In 1989, because a certain Picasso painting reminded brad of her, Jennifer acquired it and placed it in his bedroom. In 1990, Brad and Jennifer broke up. While Brad was mending his broken hearth, he met Angie and fell in love. Because the Picasso painting reminded Angie of him, Brad in his will bequeathed the painting to Angie. Brad died 1995. Saddened by Brad’s death, Jennifer asked for the Picasso painting as a remembrance of him. Angie refused and claimed that Brad, in his will, bequeathed the painting to her is Angie correct? Why or why not?