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Guadalupe Adaza vs. Roseller L. Barinaga

GUADALUPE ADAZA, complainant, vs. ROSELLER L. BARINAGA, respondent.

A.C. No. 1604 | 1981-05-29

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J:

In Adaza vs. Heirs of Pedro Carreon, CA-G.R. No. 38774-R, Roseller L. Barinaga (admitted to the bar in 1964), the counsel for appellants Adaza, had forty-five days from October 30,1975 or up to December 15 (December 14 was a Sunday) within which to file a motion for the reconsideration of the decision of the Court of Appeals which was adverse to his clients, plaintiffs Adaza.

Barinaga said that he gave his five-page motion for reconsideration in the morning of Saturday, December 13, to his temporary clerk for the purpose of "arranging" and mailing it. His clerk allegedly placed the motion in a drawer and...