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Jose Manuel Stilianopulos vs City of Legaspi

JOSE MANUEL STILIANOPULOS, petitioner, vs. THE CITY OF LEGASPI, respondent.

G.R. No. 133913 | 1999-10-12

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

The annulment of a final judgment on the ground of extrinsic fraud prescribes within four years from the discovery of the fraud. On the other hand, a petition for annulment based on lack of jurisdiction may be barred by laches. In any event, once a controlling legal principle is established by final judgment, the same parties may no longer litigate the same matter again.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari assailing the Decision.1 [Rollo, pp. 33-43.] of the Court of Appeals2 [Ninth Division, composed of Justice Salome A. Montoya, chairman and ponente; Justices Delilah...