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Samonte vs. Atty. Rodrigo, Jr.

CAYETANO SAMONTE, complainant, vs. ATTY. FRANCISCO E. RODRIGO, JR., respondent.

A.C. No. 930 | 1970-12-17

D E C I S I O N 


VILLAMOR, J: 

Complainant seeks in his sworn letter-complaint the disbarment of Atty. Francisco E. Rodrigo, Jr. on the charge that the latter, in notarizing the last will and testament of Faustino Samonte, complainant's father, falsely stated in the acknowledgment clause that the testator exhibited his residence certificate. Attached to the complaint as annexes are a copy of the will and a certificate by the BIR Collection Agent of Bulacan, Bulacan, to the effect that the residence certificate in question "has not been taken by the said Faustino Samonte; that both the original and duplicate copies have not been...