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Jose P. Mariano & Bautista Vs. Jose S. Penas Jr & Atty Udarbe

JOSE P. MARIANO and FRANCISCO M. BAUTISTA, complainants, vs. RTC JUDGE JOSE S. PENAS JR. and ATTY. ROGELIO R. UDARBE, respondents.

A.C. No. 3247 | 1992-02-10

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

These administrative complaints against Judge Jose S. Peñas, Jr. and Attorney Rogelio R. Udarbe date back to the time when Judge Peñas was still a practising lawyer and involve an allegedly falsified deed of sale which Attorney Udarbe supposedly prepared and Judge Peñas notarized without observing the requirements of the notarial law.

The complainant, Jose P. Mariano, is an adopted son of the spouses Don Macario Mariano and Doña Irene Mariano, who owned extensive real properties in Iriga City, Camarines Sur. Francisco M. Bautista is a judgment creditor of the Marianos. The complainants have charged...