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Valentin Avelino vs. Pedro K. Pala?a

VALENTIN AVELINO, petitioner, vs. ATTY. PEDRO K. PALA?A, respondent.

A.C. No. 405 | 1971-05-31

D E C I S I O N


DIZON, J:

In a verified complaint filed by Valentin Avelino against Atty. Pedro K. Palaña, the latter was charged with malpractice in connection with his professional conduct as the complainant's counsel in Civil Case No. 2250 of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, such malpractice having given rise to the rendition of judgment against said complainant and his wife ordering them:

". . . to restore the ownership and possession of the property described under paragraph 2 of the complaint to the plaintiffs herein; to demolish or transfer the house they built in the land within a period of three months counted from...