Practice question
Within the applicable period, a creditor brings an action to revive a final unexecuted judgment. The debtor seeks a complete retrial of issues finally decided in the original case, presenting no post-judgment defense. Which is best?
- Revival automatically erases the original adjudication
- Every witness must always testify again
- Revival concerns the judgment’s enforceability, not ordinary relitigation of its settled merits
- A new case number makes the old judgment advisory
- The creditor must prove a new underlying contract
Legal references
- G.R.268116, January2025, main decision, revival requirements: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jan2025/gr_268116_2025.html
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