Practice question
A claimant has two otherwise proper remedies but has collected nothing. The defendant asserts double satisfaction solely from the existence of two files. Other procedural objections are excluded from the question. Which is correct?
- File count alone does not establish that the same loss has actually been recovered twice
- Two files invariably prove two payments
- A complaint itself is money received
- The claimant must pretend every unpaid award was paid
- Every separate remedy is forbidden solely by its number
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles2177,2194,2207.
- Fernando v People GR255180 January31,2024 MAIN resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/jan2024/gr_255180_2024.html Distinct BP22 and estafa proceedings; one civil satisfaction.
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