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Regalado Daroy vs Atty Esteban Abecia

REGALADO DAROY, complainant, vs. ATTY. ESTEBAN ABECIA, respondent.

A.C. No. 3046 | 1998-10-26

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This refers to the complaint for malpractice filed by Regalado Daroy (now deceased) against Esteban Abecia, a member of the Bar. Complainant Daroy accused respondent Abecia of having forged his signature in a deed of absolute sale by means of which the latter was able to transfer a parcel of land in Opol, Misamis Oriental, first to Jose Gangay and eventually to his (respondent's) wife Nena Abecia.

The facts of the instant case are as follows:

Respondent Abecia was counsel of complainant Daroy in a case for forcible entry before the Municipal Trial Court of Opol, Misamis Oriental.[1] Judgment was rendered in...