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Rufino Ignacio vs. Manuel E. Valenzuela

RUFINO IGNACIO, complainant, vs. HON. MANUEL E. VALENZUELA, Presiding Judge, Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XXIX, Pasay City, respondent.

A.C. No. 2252-CFI | 1982-01-18

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

The issue in this administrative case is legality versus propriety. It should be obvious that propriety should prevail.

Respondent Manuel Valenzuela, Judge of the Court of First Instance at Branch XXIX in Pasay City, stands charged of serious misconduct by Rufino Ignacio, a litigant in respondent's sala. Capsulated, the charge is that the respondent took an undue personal interest in a case by resolving favorably a motion to quash a temporary restraining order despite the fact that he was on vacation.

It all started when Rufino Ignacio, among other persons, filed an action for damages in the Court of...