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Constante Pimentel vs. Angelino C. Salanga 21 SCRA 160

CONSTANTE PIMENTEL, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE JUDGE ANGELINO C. SALANGA, respondent.

G.R. No. L-27934 | 1967-09-18

R E S O L U T I O N 
 
 
SANCHEZ, J.: 
 
Challenged here in an original petition for certiorari and/or prohibition is the right of respondent judge of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur (Branch IV) to sit in judgment in cases where petitioner, a practicing attorney, appears as counsel. Petitioner's petition recites the facts that follow: 
 
Petitioner is counsel of record in cases pending before respondent judge, viz: 
 
(1) Civil Case 21-C, entitled "Pablo Festejo, et al., petitioners, vs. Marciano Cabildo, et al., respondents", a special civil action for mandamus to compel payment...