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Magino, et al. Gellada

AVELINA A. MAGNO and FOSTER C. HOWELL, petitioners, vs. LEON P. GELLADA, respondent.

A.C. No. 767 | 1971-12-20

D E C I S I O N


MAKALINTAL, J:

The present administrative case is for the disbarment of respondent, Leon P. Gellada, a member of the Philippine Bar, upon a verified petition filed with this Court by petitioners Avelina A. Magno and Foster C. Howell on May 3, 1967. The charges are as follows:

"1. Representation of respondent in one and the same case despite conflicting and antagonistic claims, without the consent of any and all of the parties affected in said case, thus creating dissension and conflicts between the two estates, namely: the Estate of the late Charles Newton Hodges in Special Proceedings No. 1672 and the Estate of the...