Remedial Law, 2020 Bar — Question 12

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Two years after receiving a copy of a decision rendered by a Regional Trial Court, a party engaged a counsel and asked them to work on reopening the case. The party explained that it took two years to find the best legal counsel available, and that counsel had to await two years to pass the #BestBarEver2020_21. After perusing the judgment and the case records, the counsel filed before the Court of Appeals a petition for annulment of judgment under Rule 47 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, asserting that the trial judge improperly assessed the evidence and misapplied a doctrine long adopted by the Supreme Court. Will the petition for annulment of judgment prosper? Explain briefly.

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