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Teodirico Marfil, et al. vs. Orlando Cuachon,et al.

SPOUSES TEODORICO MARFIL, and TEODORA ESPA?OLA, complainants, vs. JUDGE ORLANDO CUACHON, 5TH Municipal Circuit Court of Isabela, MOISES PADILLA, Negros Occidental, respondents.

A.M. No. 2360-MJ | 1981-08-31

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

In a verified complaint dated March 17, 1980 complainants charged respondent Judge Orlando Cuachon of the 5th Judicial Circuit Court of Isabela - Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, with "gross ignorance of the law and acts unbecoming a Judge."

The complaint alleged that on December 10, 1979, Maria Soto Vda. de Gonzales, an aunt of the wife of respondent, filed a criminal complaint against herein complainant Teodorico Marfil, for violation of Presidential Decree No. 772 (Anti-Squatting Law), before the sala of respondent Judge. Respondent allegedly took cognizance of the case, and after conducting the...