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ELIZABETH A. TIONGCO vs. SHERIFFS ROGELIO S. MOLINA and ARNEL G. MAGAT

ELIZABETH A. TIONGCO, complainant, vs. SHERIFFS ROGELIO S. MOLINA and ARNEL G. MAGAT, respondents.

A.M. No. P-00-1373 | 2001-09-04

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Before the Office of the Court Administrator, Elizabeth A. Tiongco of La Loma, Quezon City, charged Sheriff IV Rogelio S. Molina and Sheriff IV Arnel Magat, both employed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Biñan, Laguna, with dereliction and dishonesty in the performance of duty.

In her sworn letter-complaint[1] dated October 8, 1997, Tiongco stated that she is the owner of a residential unit leased by spouses Ernesto Dado and Salvacion Dado in Block 5, Lot 1, Golden City Subdivision, Canlalay, Biñan. For their failure to pay monthly rentals, Tiongco filed a suit for...