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Monzon vs. Reyes

SATURNINO S. MONZON, complainant, vs. Atty. ARSENIO R. REYES, respondent.

A.C. No. 1056 | 1975-10-27

D E C I S I O N

BARREDO, J:

Complainant charges respondent with: (1) violation of the attorney's oath in that a lawyer should do no falsehood nor consent to the doing of any in court; and (2) corruptly or wilfully appearing as an attorney for a party to a case without proper authority.

To understand fully the present charges, a recital of the antecedent facts stated in the decision of the Court of Appeals in "Saturnino S. Monzon vs. Court of First Instance of Manila, CA-GR. No. 42375, March 26, 1969" is necessary, to wit:

". . . By reason of the death of Ramona Roño, on July 31, 1962, her surviving spouse Catalino C. Fausto...