Practice question
The defendant in an ordinary collection case admits the loan but alleges full payment. Compare that answer with one admitting all material facts and asserting no defense. Explain the significance for Rule 34 without deciding the truth of payment merely from its allegation.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 34 section 1, answer failing to tender an issue or admitting material allegations and the marriage or legal-separation exception.
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 34 section 2, apparent no-issue basis for court-initiated or motion-based judgment and Rule 15 treatment otherwise; Rule 8 section 11, unliquidated damages.
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