Standard Oil Co. vs.

Arenas (Monomania case) Relevant article: CC Article 1327 Doctrine: Burden of proof for insanity lies on the person who alleges it. Proof that husband was not insane: the lack of restriction on the husband (not habitually insane), the apparent sound mind during the execution of the contract (he understood the nature of the bond), and he made contracts prior to that (the husband had not been insane prior to the execution of the bond). Terre vs. Terre (lawyer who married a woman by saying her marriage to her cousin = incestuous) Relevant articles: FC Articles 38 and 40 Doctrine: A judicial declaration is necessary to determine whether a person is legally free to contract a second marriage. Without such declaration, the subsequently existing marriage is sustained. People vs. Zapata (husband sued wife per separate act of adultery) Relevant article: FC Article 55, 8th ground Doctrine: Adultery is a crime of result and not of tendency, is consummated at the moment of carnal union. In adultery, each instance of sexual intercourse is a separate crime. There is no legal provision which bars the filing of as many complaints for adultery as there were adulterous acts committed. Garcia vs. Santiago (stepkids getting it on = awkward for mom) Relevant Article: FC Article 69 Doctrine: Wife was driven out of her home and threatened with violence if she should return, and the situation with her dishonored daughter and stepson was embarassing. The separation was necessary.