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Acosta vs. Serrano

RICARDO ACOSTA, complainant, vs. ATTY. NICANOR SERRANO, respondent.

A.C. No. 1246 | 1977-02-28

R E S O L U T I O N

FERNANDO, J:
In this administrative complaint for malpractice against respondent Nicanor Serrano, a member of the Philippine Bar, negligence is imputed to him. It was alleged in the Affidavit Complaint of May 10, 1973 filed by complainant Ricardo Acosta that the failure of respondent to be present at the hearing of the agrarian case against him resulted in an order of default. Thus, he lost the case. To be more specific, complainant would rely on the reference in an order of the Court of Agrarian Relations, presided by Judge Agustin C. Bagasao, to the effect that respondent as counsel for complainant ought to have...