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Manuela Advincula vs. Manuel Advincula 119 Phil. 448

MANUELA ADVINCULA, represented by her guardian-adlitem, Pura Borbon, plaintiff-appellant, vs. MANUEL ADVINCULA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-19065 | 1964-01-31

D E C I S I O N 


PAREDES, J.: 

Sometime in 1956, Manuela Advincula filed Civil Case No. 3553, CFI of Iloilo, against Manuel Advincula, for acknowledgment and support. On motion of both parties, said case was dismissed. On January 16, 1961, Manuela Advincula filed the complaint under consideration against the same Manuel Advincula, also for acknowledgment and support, Civil Case No. 5659, same court. Instead of filing his answer, the defendant filed a motion to dismiss, alleging that the dismissal of Civil Case No. 3553 barred the filing of the second complaint. The trial Court dismissed the complaint on the ground that as the...