CASE DIGEST: Canlas v. Po (G.R. No. L-16929)
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ISSUE: Is the judgment res judicata?
HELD: The judgment, except as to the fact of commission by the accused of the act charged therein CANNOT be res judicata, constituting a bar to the civil action to enforce the subsidiary or primary liability of the defendants who were not parties to the criminal case.