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National Housing Authority vs Jose Evangelista

NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, Petitioner, versus JOSE EVANGELISTA, Respondent.

G.R. NO. 140945 | 2005-05-16

D E C I S I O N 


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 

A person who was not impleaded in the complaint cannot be bound by the decision rendered therein, for no man shall be affected by a proceeding in which he is a stranger.[1] 

This refers to the petition for review on certiorari filed by the National Housing Authority assailing the decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 51646, granting respondent's petition for annulment of judgment. The dispositive portion of the decision reads: 

WHEREFORE, the petition is granted. The assailed part of paragraph No. 3 of the dispositive portion of the decision dated November 29,...