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Abela, Quirico A. vs. Cesario C. Golez, et al.

QUIRICO A. ABELA, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE CESARIO C. GOLEZ, Judge, Court of First Instance of Capiz, Branch I, and AGUSTIN ALMALBIS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-32849 | 1984-07-31

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Direct appeal by City Fiscal Quirico A. Abela, of Roxas City, from a decision dated August 27, 1970 of then Court of First Instance Judge Cesario C: Golez, compelling him to "file the proper action for estafa arising from the bouncing check Exhibit B. Without pronouncement as to costs." (p. 41, Rollo)

On December 28, 1968, private respondent Agustin Almalbis filed with the Office of the City Fiscal of Roxas City a complaint for estafa against one Virginia Anisco. After conducting a preliminary investigation, herein petitioner Quirico A. Abela dismissed the complaint "for lack of merit." Thereafter, private...