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William Alain Miailhe vs CA & RP

WILLIAM ALAIN MIAILHE, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 108991 | 2001-03-20

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Actions for the annulment of contracts prescribe in four years. If the ground for annulment is vitiation of consent by intimidation, the four-year period starts from the time such defect ceases. The running of this prescriptive period cannot be interrupted by an extrajudicial demand made by the party whose consent was vitiated. If the facts demonstrating the lapse of the prescriptive period are apparent from the records, the complaint should be dismissed.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the February 12, 1993 Decision[1] of the Court...