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PEDRO ODAYAT vs. DEMETRIO AMANTE

PEDRO ODAYAT, complainant, vs. DEMETRIO AMANTE, respondent.

A.M. No. 58 | 1977-06-02

ANTONIO, J.:

In a verified amended letter-complaint dated March 10, 1973,1 Pedro Odayat charged Atty. Demetrio Z. Amante, Clerk of Court, Court of First Instance, Branch IX, Basey, Samar, with oppression, immorality and falsification of a public document. 2

Briefly stated, complainant's basic allegations are: (1) that respondent grabbed a portion of complainant's land, and, when this latter resented, the former arrogantly challenged the complainant to bring the matter to court; (2) that respondent is cohabiting with one Beatriz Jornada, with whom he begot many children, even while his spouse Filomena Abella is still alive; and (3) that...