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Alfredo Pua vs. Eulogio Lapitan

ALFREDO PUA, plaintiff and appellant, vs. EULOGIO LAPITAN, defendant and appellee.

G.R. No. L-14148 | 1960-02-25

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of First Instance of Laguna dismissing the complaint filed by plaintiff against defendant for damages in Civil Case No. B-132. The dismissal is predicated on the ground that the complaint is barred by a prior judgment between the same parties.

The facts which gave rise to the present case are: On December 15, 1953, Eulogio Lapitan, now defendant filed an action against Alfredo Pua, now plaintiff, before the Court of First Instance of Laguna for specific performance and for damages. In the complaints, it was alleged that Pua, taking advantage of the...