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Sumapig, Wenceslao , et al. Vs. Macario Esmas, Jr.

WENCESLAO SUMAPIG nicknamed Gogoy, PONCIANO PANOY, FAUSTA BALTES and MARCIANO SECO, complainants, vs. MACARIO ESMAS, JR. nicknamed Dodong (Assistant Fiscal of Manila), respondent.

A.C. No. 1519 | 1983-10-27

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

This is a disbarment case against Macario Esmas, Jr., an incumbent assistant fiscal of Manila since 1972, on the grounds of gross immorality, malpractice, and gross misconduct in office.

Grossly immoral conduct. - In a verified complaint filed on September 2, 1975, supported by his affidavit of August 18, 1975, Wenceslao Sumapig, a former councilor of Villaba, Leyte, charged Esmas (married to Salud Veloso) with gross immorality for having cohabited in Quezon City with his daughter, Violeta, a virgin of good reputation.

As a result of the cohabitation, Violeta gave birth on June 1, 1975 to a boy who was...