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Torres vs Orden

ROSITA S. TORRES, complainant, vs. ATTY. AMADO D. ORDEN, respondent.

A.C. No. 4646 | 2000-04-06

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

Complainant Rosita S. Torres engaged the services of respondent Atty. Amado D. Orden to represent her in Civil Case No. 1928-R for the recovery of possession of a market stall from spouses Prudencio and Victorina Gayo before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 6, of Baguio City. In time, a decision was rendered in favor of Torres. The Gayo spouses appealed the case to the Court of Appeals. Respondent lawyer failed to submit an appellee's brief before the appellate court; hence, the resolution, dated 05 July 1994, of the Court of Appeals-

"No appellee's brief having been filed per JRD Report of June 16, 1994, the...