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Appeal dismissed; litispendency bars second suit between same parties on same cause of action.

Case Number 9950348
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto dismissed the appeal against a decision denying the second lawsuit. The plaintiff filed a new action against the same defendant based on the identical cause of action while the first suit was still pending. The court ruled that this constitutes litispendência, a legal bar preventing duplicate proceedings to ensure judicial economy and protect the defendant from conflicting judgments.

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LITISPENDÊNCIA

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litispendência processo pendente mesmo objecto mesma causa de pedir impedimento processual economia processual segunda ação

Cited Legislation

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CPC67 Art. 497, n.º 2
CPC67 Art. 498

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00025808

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199904269950348

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 337/98

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 2 J CIV S JOÃO MADEIRA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/D3017DF308C6C0D68025686B00672D48?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - A litispendência dá-se quando se instaura um processo, estando pendente, no mesmo ou em tribunal diferente, outro processo entre os mesmos sujeitos, tendo o mesmo objecto, fundado na mesma causa de pedir.