Jose Feria

Infobox Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice|small

name=Jose Y. Feria
order=
term start= April 7, 1986
term end= January 10, 1987
predecessor= Felix Makasiar
successor= Irene Cortes
appointer=Corazon Aquino
date of birth= Birth date|1917|1|11|mf=y
place of birth=Pasay City, Philippines
date of death= Death date and age|2008|5|8|1917|1|11|mf=y
place of death= Makati City, Philippines

Jose Y. Feria (January 11, 1917 — May 8, 2008) was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1986 to 1987. He was among the first appointees to the Supreme Court of President Corazon Aquino.

Biography

Feria was born in Pasay City. His father, Felicisimo, would serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court during the 1940s and 1950s.

Feria earned his undergraduate degree in Commerce from the De La Salle College in 1936, and his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Santo Tomas in 1940. He taught law at the Lilian College of Law (1936-1940). He then joined the faculty of the University of Santo Tomas College of Law (1940-1984). He became known for several textbooks he authored on procedural law. He would also lecture at the Instituto de Derecho Processal, Colegio de Abogados in Madrid, Spain. In 1960, he was elected to the municipal council of Makati. He was also a lecturer at the University of the Philippines Law Center.

In 1971, Feria was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Conventioncite news |author=Leila Salaverria|title=Former SC Justice Feria; 91 |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=135494 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=2008-05-08 |accessdate=2008-05-09 ] , representing the First District of Rizal. From 1978 to 1980, he was elected as President of the Philippine Bar Association. In 1979, he was appointed Dean of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Law, and he served in that capacity until 1985.

Feria was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Aquino in April of 1986. He served on the Court until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 on January 11, 1987. Upon his retirement, Feria rejoined private practice.

He authored a book Civil Procedure, Provisional Remedies & Special Civil Action and several articles on Constitutional Law, Annotation on Judiciary Reorganization Act, Interim Rules of Court, and the 1985 Rules on Criminal Procedure. [cite web |title=SC Holds Necrological Services for Justice Feria |url=http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/news/courtnews%20flash/2008/05/05120803.php |work=Court News Flash |publisher=Supreme Court of the Philippines |date=2008-05-12 |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]

Feria died in Makati City on May 8, 2008, after a lingering illness. Feria was survived by his wife Concepcion, with whom he had four children: Ma. Martha, Felicisimo, Ma. Lucia, and Jose Jr. He left 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

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