Practice question
What was the relevant status of the party barred in Tijam?
- A stranger who never appeared and never became involved.
- A surety that had become a quasi-party and invoked relief in the litigation.
- Every future child of a litigant.
- A wholly unrelated foreign court.
- A reporter merely covering the dispute.
Legal references
- Figueroa v. People, G.R. No. 147406, July 14, 2008, main decision, law at institution and narrow estoppel doctrine: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/jul2008/gr_147406_2008.html
- Tijam v. Sibonghanoy, G.R. No. L-21450, April 15, 1968, main decision, surety and exceptional inequitable conduct: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1968/apr1968/gr_l-21450_1968.html
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