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Maria C. Roa vs. Segunda De La Cruz, Et Al.

MARIA C. ROA, plaintiff and appellant, vs. SEGUNDA DE LA CRUZ, ET AL., defendants and appellees.

G.R. No. L-13134 | 1960-02-13

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ DAVID, J.:

Direct appeal to this Court from an order of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga dismissing plaintiff's complaint for damages upon defendants' motion on the ground that it was barred by prior judgment.

The facts are not disputed. In Criminal Case No. 1225 of the court below, Segunda de la Cruz, one of herein defendants, was charged with serious oral defamation. The offended party, herein plaintiff Maria C. Roa, did not waive the civil action or reserve her right to institute it, but intervened through counsel in the prosecution of the offense. After trial, the court on April 30, 1957 rendered a...