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Jose Lagatic vs. Jose Penas, Jr.,et al./Crescencio Cortez, Jr. vs. Salvador C. Mirando

JOSE LAGATIC, complainant vs. HON. JUDGE JOSE PENAS, JR. and Branch Clerk of Court CRESCENCIO V. CORTES, JR., both of Branch 34, Regional Trial Court, Iriga City, respondents. CRESCENCIO V. CORTES, JR., respondent-third-party complainant, vs. SALVADOR C. MIRANDO, Clerk III, Branch 34, Regional Trial Court, Iriga City, third-party respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-97-1383 | 1997-07-24

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

In a sworn complaint dated 7 April 1995, complainant Jose Lagatic charged respondent Judge Jose Peñas, Jr., Presiding Judge of Branch 34 of the Regional Trial Court of Iriga City, and Crescencio V. Cortes, Jr., Branch Clerk of Court of said Branch 34, with gross negligence which caused the delay in the transmittal of the records of Civil Case No. IR-1903 to the appellate court.

Complainant was the plaintiff in Civil Case No. IR-903, an action for reinstatement with preliminary injunction and damages filed against spouses Generoso Tarala and Avelina Naron Tarala. Respondent Judge decided the case in favor of...