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Dr. Santos vs. Gabriel, et al

DR. MELCHOR SANTOS, plaintiff-appellant, vs. EMILIANO GABRIEL and BENITO FRANCISCO, JR., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-22996 | 1972-05-31

D E C I S I O N


ZALDIVAR, J:

Certified by the Court of Appeals that the issues raise purely questions of law, this case is now before this Court on appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, in its Civil Case No. 7121, dated October 20, 1962, dismissing the case upon the ground of res judicata, and from the order of January 9, 1963 denying the motion for reconsideration of the order of October 20, 1962.

The antecedent facts before the filing of the complaint in the present case in the court below are, as follows:

On May 19, 1958, Rodolfo Santos, the son of plaintiff-appellant Dr. Melchor Santos, was hit and run...