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S. Santiago, et al vs. P. Valenzuela, et al

SEGUNDA SANTIAGO and VALERIO FLORES, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. PABLO VALENZUELA and MOISES PARDO, Provincial Sheriffs of Camarines Sur, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-670 | 1947-04-30

R E S O L U T I O N

FERIA, J:

Defendants and appellees filed in the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur a motion to dismiss the complaint of the plaintiffs-appellants on the ground, among others. that the plaintiffs' cause of action is barred by a prior judgment of the Justice of the Peace of Minalabac in an other case between the same parties and for the same cause.

The Court, considering the allegations in the complaint, wherein the said judgment of the Justice of the Peace of Minalabac is quoted and alleged to have been fraudulently obtained, and the answer of the defendants, dismissed the complaint on the ground "that the...