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Macabasa vs. Banaag

LUCITO MACABASA, complainant, vs. TOMAS P. BANAAG, Municipal Judge of Jasa-an, Misamis Oriental, respondent.

A.M. No. 280 MJ | 1974-06-28

R E S O L U T I O N

FERNANDO, J:

This is an administrative proceeding against respondent Tomas P. Banaag, Municipal Judge of Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, for negligence and dereliction of duty. More specifically it was alleged by complaint Lucito Macabasa, the offended party in a case for grave oral defamation, entitled People v. Casiano Galisa, that at the scheduled continuation of its set for August 29, 1970 at 8:30 o'clock in the morning, respondent Judge failed to appear until 12:00 o'clock noon, all the while planting mango seedlings in his garden, thus keeping waiting the parties, their witnesses, an assistant provincial fiscal and...