Practice question
A judgment in a genuinely quasi-in-rem action determines the parties' interests in identified property. A stranger who is neither a party nor a privy is told that every possible claim of every person has necessarily been extinguished. Which is correct?
- Every property-related judgment binds all persons for every purpose.
- A quasi-in-rem action and an in-rem action have identical scope in all cases.
- A stranger's claim is always defeated merely because the property was mentioned.
- The prevailing party may define the binding scope privately.
- Quasi-in-rem adjudication operates between the particular parties concerning the property; it does not automatically cut off all possible claimants.
Legal references
- https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2019-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf — Supreme Court official2019 Rules, Rule39§§47–48 and Rules57–61.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2009/feb2009/gr_172172_2009.html — Spouses Yu v Pacleb, GR172172, February24 2009, main decision.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2007/feb2007/gr_161417_2007.html — Biaco v Philippine Countryside Rural Bank, GR161417, February8 2007, main decision.
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