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In Re: Florencio Mallare

IN RE: FLORENCIO MALLARE

A.C. No. 533 | 1968-04-29

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

The respondent, Florencio Mallare, was admitted to the practice of law on 5 March 1962. In his verified petition to take the bar examinations in 1961, he alleged that he is a citizen of the Philippines and that "his father is Esteban Mallare and his mother is Te Na, both Filipino citizens". (Personal Record, No. 17450, Bar Division) 

On 16 July 1962, the then Acting Commissioner of Immigration Martiniano P. Vivo denounced the respondent to this Court as a Chinaman masquerading as a Filipino citizen and requested that the matter be investigated thoroughly and if the respondent fails to show...