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Tomas T. Reyes vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

TOMAS T. REYES, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and SUN INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD., respondents.

G.R. No. 87647 | 1990-05-21

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

The instant petition raises the issue as to whether or not, under the doctrine of res adjudicata, a prior grant of a writ of preliminary injunction operates as a bar to another application by the same party for a second writ in another proceeding over the same subject matter.

The chronological background of this case, as alleged in private respondent's original petition for certiorari and prohibition filed in CA-G.R. SP No. 16415, and quoted by respondent court in its decision of March 6, 1989, is in substance as follows:

1. August, 1979 Sun Insurance Office, Ltd. (Sun) designated Luis A. Reyes of LAR...