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Estate of Goerge Litton vs. Ciriaco B Mendoza, etal

ESTATE OF GEORGE LITTON petitioner, vs. CIRIACO B. MENDOZA and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-49120 | 1988-06-30

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

This petition for review presents two (2) main issues, to wit: (1) Can a plaintiff in a case, who had previously assigned in favor of his creditor his litigated credit in said case, by a deed of assignment which was duly submitted to the court, validly enter into a compromise agreement thereafter releasing the defendant therein from his claim without notice to his assignee? and (2) Will such previous knowledge on the part of the defendant of the assignment made by the plaintiff estop said defendant from invoking said compromise as a ground for dismissal of the action against him?

The present case stemmed...