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Municipal Council of Casuguran vs. Morales

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF CASIGURAN, QUEZON, complainant, vs. MUNICIPAL JUDGE VIRGILIO Y. MORALES, CASIGURAN, QUEZON, respondent. ./ TOMAS MANZANERO, complainant, vs. MUNICIPAL JUDGE VIRGILIO Y. MORALES, CASIGURAN, QUEZON, respondent.

A.M. No. 81-MJ ./ No. 559-MJ | 1974-11-13

D E C I S I O N

ESGUERRA, J:

These are two administrative cases (Nos. 20 and 22 of the Court of First Instance of Aurora Subprovince), against Municipal Judge Virgilio Y. Morales of Casiguran, Quezon, which were both formally investigated by the Hon. Ernesto P. Valencia, then District Judge of Aurora Sub-Province, at Baler, Quezon. The first (No. 20) was filed in the form of a petition by Tomas Manzanero, addressed to the Secretary of Justice on March 10, 1971, charging respondent with alleged "abuses and unbecoming acts" in relation to an incident that happened in Casiguran, Quezon, on December 12, 1970, wherein respondent allegedly...