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Lim vs. Antonio

VICENTE L. LIM, complainant, vs. ATTY. FRANCISCO G. ANTONIO, respondent.

A.C. No. 848 | 1971-09-30

R E S O L U T I O N


DIZON, J:

In a verified letter dated October 20, 1968 addressed to this Court complainant Vicente L. Lim prayed for the disbarment of the respondent, Francisco G. Antonio, on the ground that he is a Chinese citizen and therefore disqualified to be a member of the Bar.

In his answer to the complaint respondent denied the material averments thereof and alleged specifically that he and his parents were Filipino citizens, and that the complaint filed by complainant was motivated by personal revenge, he (the respondent) having been instrumental in the filing against said complainant of a number of criminal and civil...