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Serafin vs. Lindayag

AVELINA SERAFIN, complainant, vs. MUNICIPAL JUDGE SANTIAGO LINDAYAG, respondent.

A.M. No. 297-MJ | 1975-09-30

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The Court finds from the documentary evidence and established facts of the case that respondent municipal judge grossly failed to perform his duties properly and is unfit for the office and therefore orders his separation from the service. It is self-evident from the very face of the "criminal complaint" for estafa, and the supporting sworn statements filed with and sworn to before him as well as the very notes of preliminary examination taken by him that the "criminal" charge against complainant showed no vestige of the essential elements of estafa but simply recited complainant's failure to pay the...