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City Government Of Tagbilaran vs Judge Agapito Hontanosas, Jr.

CITY GOVERNMENT OF TAGBILARAN, represented by the City Administrator and Special Counsel, complainant, vs. JUDGE AGAPITO HONTANOSAS, JR., Presiding Judge of Branch 1, MTCC of Tagbilaran City, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-98-1169 | 2002-01-29

R E S O L U T I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

In a complaint filed on 29 May 1997 with the Office of the Court Administrator, complainant charges respondent Judge Agapito Hontanosas, Jr., Presiding Judge, Branch 1, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Tagbilaran City,* with (1) open defiance of a lawful order of a superior court directing respondent's inhibition from a case; and (2) open, notorious, and habitual gambling in the casinos of Cebu and in the cockpits of Bohol.

On the first charge the complainant alleges as follows:

In two criminal cases filed by the City Government against BARBARA ONG, for her habitual refusal to pay the correct...