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2014-01-15 |
BERSAMIN, J. |
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| delicto is a universal doctrine that holds that no action arises, in equity or at law, from an illegal contract; no suit can be maintained for its specific performance, or to recover the property agreed to be sold or delivered, or the money agreed to be paid, or damages for its violation; and where the parties are in pari delicto, no affirmative relief of any kind will be given to one against the other.[17] Nonetheless, the application of the doctrine of in pari delicto is not always rigid. An accepted exception arises when its application contravenes well-established public policy.[18] In this jurisdiction, public policy has been defined as "that | |||||
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2007-03-29 |
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J. |
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| It is well-settled that parties to a void agreement cannot expect the aid of the law; the courts leave them as they are, because they are deemed in pari delicto or "in equal fault".[35] No suit can be maintained for its specific performance, or to recover the property agreed to be sold or delivered, or the money agreed to be paid, or damages for its violation, and no affirmative relief of any kind will be given to one against the other.[36] Each must bear the consequences of his own acts.[37] They will be left where they have placed themselves since they did not come into court with clean hands. | |||||
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2001-10-03 |
PARDO, J. |
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| Although ownership of the land cannot revert to the original sellers, because of the doctrine of pari delicto, the Solicitor General may initiate an action for reversion or escheat of the land to the State, subject to other defenses, as hereafter set forth.[32] | |||||