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Kenneth S. Neeland Vs. Ildefonso M. Villanueva, Clerk Of Court, Regional Trial Court, Bacolod City, And Nelson N. Abordaje, Sheriff Iii, Municipal Trial Court In Cities, Branch 4, Bacolod City

KENNETH S. NEELAND, complainant, vs. ILDEFONSO M. VILLANUEVA, Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Bacolod City, and NELSON N. ABORDAJE, Sheriff III, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Branch 4, Bacolod City, respondents.

A.M. No. P-99-1316 | 1999-10-29

R E S O L U T I O N

PER CURIAM:

On December 16, 1996, Kenneth S. Neeland filed with the Office of the Chief Justice a verified letter-complaint[1] against Atty. Ildefonso M. Villanueva, Jr., Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff, Regional Trial court, Negros Occidental, and Nelson N. Abordaje, Sheriff III, Branch 04, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Bacolod City, for gross misconduct.

The complaint arose out of the following incident:

On December 8, 1995, Sugarland Motor sales filed with the City Sheriff, Bacolod City, a request for foreclosure of the chattel mortgage constituted on a Toyota Sedan, owned by the mortgagor,...