Practice question
An aggrieved party seeks review of a final lower-court judgment solely on an agreed question of law through the procedure prescribed by the Rules. Is the Court’s function in that proceeding original fact-finding merely because the legal issue is important?
- No; review of the final lower-court judgment through the prescribed route is appellate in character.
- Yes; all important issues erase the prior proceedings.
- Yes; the Supreme Court must retry every witness whenever law is disputed.
- No, because Supreme Court review of questions of law is constitutionally forbidden.
- Yes; a final judgment automatically turns into an unfiled new complaint.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Sections 2 and 5(1)-(2): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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