Judgment Finality vs. Subsequent Contractual Rescission

Judgment Finality vs. Subsequent Contractual Rescission: A plaintiff, having obtained a judgment ordering the defendant to execute a contract of sale and pay damages for delay, subsequently sought to enforce the judgment, but the defendant claimed the contract had been mutually rescinded through a subsequent oral agreement, a fact the lower court accepted, leading the plaintiff to appeal, arguing that the initial judgment, which had become final, established the contractual obligation and precluded any subsequent defense based on a rescission, but the high court upheld the lower court's finding, reasoning that the finality of a judgment regarding the existence of a right does not automatically prevent a later claim regarding the extinguishment of that right by a new, subsequent fact, such as a consensual termination of the underlying contract.