Chantangco v. Abaroa
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. The facts, which involve the right of recovery in the Philippixie Islands of damages caused by alleged criminal acts of defendant, in a civil action after the defendant’s acquittal in a criminal action, are stated in the opinion. There was no determination in the criminal action of the matter in controversy in this actiori such as to warrant the application of the principle of res judicata.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. The facts, which involve the right of recovery in the Philippixie Islands of damages caused by alleged criminal acts of defendant, in a civil action after the defendant’s acquittal in a criminal action, are stated in the opinion. There was no determination in the criminal action of the matter in controversy in this actiori such as to warrant the application of the principle of res judicata. A judgment in a criminal action is not evidence in a civil action to support .the defense of former adjudication, even though both actions involve the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands to review a judgment affirming a judgment of the court of the first instance ’in favor of the defendant.
The action was to recover indemnification of damages for the destruction of a storehouse and a stock of merchandise therein, valued at $58,473.49,Mexican, which the complaint alleged was “burned maliciously or unlawfully by Eduardo Abaroa,” the defendant to the'complaint, and defendant in error here.
The defense was, first, a general denial, and second, that the defendant, in a criminal action for the same burning and…
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