el deudor de mi deudor es deudor mio
Spanish maxim.
• “The debtor’s debtor is my debtor.” (Google Translate; See Gold Star Mining Co., Inc. v. Lim-Jimena, En Banc, G.R. No. L-25301, October 26, 1968 citing with approval the Court of Appeals.)
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