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MAXIMO SANTIAGO vs. MARTIN B. BUSTAMANTE

MAXIMO SANTIAGO, complainant, vs. Atty. MARTIN B. BUSTAMANTE, respondent.

A.M. No. 827 | 1977-04-29

R E S O L U T I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

This is an administrative complaint against respondent Martin Bustamante, a member of the Philippine Bar, for dishonesty and falsification of a notarial document. According to complainant, Maximo Santiago, it was made to appear by respondent that a certain party, Victoriana Santiago, his sister, executed a special power of attorney in the presence of respondent when such was not the case. In the answer of respondent, he specifically denied the allegations of fact made by complainant and asserted that the preparation of the special power of attorney in question took place in the presence of both...