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Portuguese court holds failure to rule on indemnity prescription is not a nullity when obligation is deemed non-existent.

Case Number 084780
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Court of Justice dismissed the claim alleging nullity of a judgment regarding an indemnity obligation. The court found that the lower court had already concluded the obligation did not exist, rendering the prescription issue a preliminary question already resolved. Consequently, the failure to explicitly address prescription was not a ground for nullity.

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NULIDADE DE ACÓRDÃO OBRIGAÇÃO DE INDEMNIZAR PRESCRIÇÃO QUESTÃO PREJUDICIAL

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nullity of judgment indemnity obligation prescription defense preliminary question civil procedure supreme court portuguese law

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Art. 279, n.º 1 do Código de Processo Civil

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00022148

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199402220847801

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 627/92

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T REL ÉVORA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/1CD3CAB8767B7AF5802568FC003A74E4?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Não integra nulidade do acórdão, o facto de este se não ter pronunciado sobre a alegada prescrição da obrigação de indemnizar, uma vez tendo concluído pela inexistência de tal obrigação, sendo esta decisão prejudicial do conhecimento daquela outra.