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La Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas Vs. Sheriff Of Occidental Negros027 Phil 41

LA COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE SHERIFF OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS, ARTURO CUADRA, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 8699 | 1914-03-07

D E C I S I O N

CARSON, J.:

The only ground upon which the defendants and appellants rest their claim of error in the judgment of the court below is the alleged erroneous denial of their plea of res adjudicata by the trial judge. We are of opinion however that the trial judge properly disregarded their contentions in this respect. Without examining the contentions of the plaintiff as to alleged failure of defendants to plead the former adjudication in due form and as to the lack of complete identity of the subject matter in the present and the former action, it is a sufficient answer to the plea of res adjudicata to say that the question of...