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Fely Coronado vs Atty Ernesto Felongco

FELY E. CORONADO, complainant, vs. ATTY. ERNESTO FELONGCO, respondent.

A.C. No. 2611 | 2000-11-15

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This case originated from a letter of complaint on December 19, 1983. Complainant Fely E. Coronado alleged that Atty. Ernesto Felongco notarized a Deed of Promise to Sell purportedly signed by her deceased mother, Fe Vda. De Esteva. She charged that Atty. Felongco connived with her brother, Pacifico Esteva, Jr., who caused the preparation of the document. Pacifico allegedly wanted to get the entire inheritance left by their parents who did not know how to read nor write. The act caused dissension in their family.[1]

In his comment, respondent Atty. Felongco claimed that the document he notarized was a Deed of...