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Filoteo Villanueva vs. Florante C. De La Cruz

FILOTEO VILLANUEVA, complainant, vs. ATTORNEY FLORANTE C. DE LA CRUZ, respondent.

A.C. No. 1098 | 1980-08-21

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, C.J.:

The basis of this administrative action by Filoteo Villanueva against Florante C. de la Cruz, a member of the Philippine Bar, was his alleged refusal to furnish complainant with documents which he had notarized, particularly documents in connection with loans obtained by the former from Rang-ay Rural Bank, Inc. of San Fernando, La Union, of which respondent is the lawyer. Nor was that all. There was, so it was alleged, a failure to comply with his duty to submit copies of said notarized documents to the Court. What increased the resentment of complainant was the imputed impolite conduct of Attorney de la...