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SAN ll EDALAW CENT(!ALJZEDBAR OPERATiONS- .MEMORYAID 201,9
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corresponding guardian (1 REGALAPO, supra at Howeve r, execution shall not issue if. the 'plai ntiff
110): obtains a favorable. judgment. The final judgment ·
should be .filed as :a claim against the estate of the
SECTiON 19. TRANS .FER OF INJEREST c;feceden.t_'withoutneed.of proving the claim ,

The transfer of interest-that .·is •referred tp in this SECTION ' 21. INDIGENT PARTY
section. is a 'transfer that .occurs during the pendency . . .

of the:actiQn. . . · . · An in,c;ligentis one who has no money property qr

· ·where . the -. -transfer wo1s effected before the ·sufficient and l?Vailable for food, shelter and basic ,
. _commencement of . the suit; the .tran°sferee mµst necessities
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for ,himself and his· family .
oec_!:3ssarilybe 'fhe def enda nt .or the · plajntiff, but he
. may file a. third-party complaint .against and implead Th~ appllca~t -:n_eed ncibe .'a pauper; the fact. that he
· ·the t'ransferor in -the action ·whenever. the same .is is>able-Qodied· ahd may earn othe ne .cessary money
a
. nece~sary and proper for c;'omP.le\e.determination is _no.' answer to:his··s.tat~ment - thc1t he has •no.
of all the rights ·of the parties (1 REGALADO, supra ' sufficient rrie•aris to prosecuie the action or to. seture .
at 110J. ·· · · th~ '.costs (Ac.arv. :Ros,al;G .R No; L-~1707 , March
. 18,' '1967). . · - .
G·ener.al · Rule: The Rule. does not consider . the·· ~. · ·· · ... .
tran sferee as 'an -indispensable · party. Herice, ·mJt,-,,..,.-,, .,, _,,_JJ.:.~ ne is ;:iuthori:ted to litigate ·:as an indigent; such
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action may proceed without -the need to im eJ~_a <d ' lii'rn. 11· iutlji:'Jr-ll~ shall include' ._·an exerhp.tio~ from the
. · _.,:7,· I\~ L 1p~Yment of:,' ·
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the tra1rsferee is ordered by ·cou '}i:i:ffor inJ;> .liqrm·""·· 2. ' ·Othe r;'ta_~ !:f,~es; and_ .
. /t" ' \(; ;/', -~ ·"'''~~~r.:-"=-3r,...,,_ J,rati'sc~ls ot:SJenographrc notes. ·
~tran.sf~re _e pendente lit_e: /;. _ "} -" -~/'
1. ' · Stands ' in exactly the ~arhEi", pfsitior, ·. a~rj\s ·
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• ✓The am9,unt~flf f fh~ '\ocket and .other lawful fee s
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p~edecessor-in-1,rterest, /~~ -07.i Ynal d,!-eflda _nt;._, .i ",:' _hi9~ t_h~ indig~~!J:~ ~,exempted from pc1yingshall
. and .. . I{'' :;;;.·. · !. . _,. , 6~ _a . lie"t'i on .a~y . )Y..19'.°'!lent·render ~d in the ca~e
2. . I~ bpun'd b:y the proce~0mg~ 1 a~ i1:l\the "ciil$' 'it; ·r:;;f'® ofabll to th·e\n~ig~ •1 unle~s the pour! o_therwise ·

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b.~fore th~ p~operty W;~s · -.tJa !-~ferred ~to it
- HERRERA, supra at~ °'])~¼_\\
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The c:as-e will be dismissed i_\.ft.i'e
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is transferred to· def endant u~ss -there ·a~lG'\-~r'1 -:-'1l ·
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:y.vmre./:!!i~ule l'.i:111~w!:ln ex parte · appl1?at1cmand
·jnt~res K'o't) ~intifi ;;d, .,_if.,fflJicirJt,!i!.~ritig~le as-...a#indi~ent, at any time before
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is IJ'ndered 1by th~ trial court;. any adverse

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. plafntiffs, in which case, the rerr,iainil}?·~!aintiff~ 1 "C
~:-,~ ..,.-r-,p~~~ay s9ntest t~.f 'grant bf the autljority_ to~ party
proceed w_ i\h t~ei.r own cau~e of~~c~i~n:.~~ ~-~ SC J];t :fl1 ~ -:t _r/as indige,_pt(_1 RIA"!O , supra· at 241). .
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SECTION . 20.-. ACTION _ ON 'c'~,l~l'J~_ ~!yTifL ..__..._=. r.1t .::.
"'J'f'tf.le\(6u!'J~,~otJld determine after nearing that .ttie ,
MONEY CLAI~ s . . · ., '•,,) .../.:,t 1, 4,,j.f!!~ ,9b_9J11ed as an•indi~ent i~ in .fact a pers·pn with .
.,. · :· . , · '"~\""·~ , 1 - V JL.stffl_cjent i_ncome or property, the proper docket and
If the ' defendant -dies before. tl)e · entry · of .tiri"a1"- "'=" "'~tner lawfuf'.fees shall be ass esse d .and collecte.d ·by
· judgment in the court Where . it: was. ·pending. at that . . ·. . the°.clerk o.fcolirt.. . , - . . . . .
. · time,"th~· action shal l riot be disl'.Jiissed=bu( shall'be •·. . ·
· :, allowed .to continue untjl the entry of final judgment . :·. _·If th~ app)ic~,,{ f~r E1~emptr~nmeets the ~al1;iry··and .
thereon-,{1 'f~EGALADQ, supra · at N?:_f13) : prpp~rty requirements urider Section·,19 of R_ ule ·141 ,
then the: grant 1of -the : appiicatic:in is m.flndatory : On ·
·rwq imponar)t aspects :·must b.etaken note 0f: ... . the 6therh 9nd,when tt:i·e,applic;ationdo(;)snotsatisfy·
1. . The action must· p.rimarily · be f.or :recovery of or
. one both _requireri(ent_s, then 'the .:applicatior:,:
. rnohey; de9t, or interest thereon a_nd·n9t ,where should not be-_denied .outright; · instead, the c9urt
:the subject matter is primarily -tor· s.ome other · Should .apply the 'indigency.·(esfunder Se~tion 21·of .
. relief and the coll.ection of an ~mount of money . : . . Rule 3 and use . iti5-SOL,!riddiscretion in deterthiri1ng ·..
·s·ought therefn :-is merely inddental thereto ·,.such .. . : the merits ofthe.prayer fc;>rexemption (~ps. Alg_ura ·
a~ by way of damage ·s-;.and . ' · •.. . . V. City of Nf;Jga, G:R. No.150135 ; Octob:er .30,' 2Q06l _,
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. 2.. The . c;:laim. subject :of the action, . arose f,rom ·
contract, express or lm'plied,'·enterecfinto by th"e 'a
. Only natural . party lliig,ant may be regar ,ded. as an
. decedent ih his lifetime or the liability for which · ,indig.enf -''litigant . (Re: Query of- Mr . . Roger_: c .
h'ad been ' assumed l:;>yor is impu~able· to.·him ·(1.· . Prioresch'l Re Exemption from legal and filing fe_e.sof
REGA/..ADO, sup/a at
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~-9~sc,August 19, .200Q)..

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