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Violeta Flores Alitagtag vs Atty. Virgilio Garcia.

VIOLETA FLORES ALITAGTAG, complainant, vs. ATTY. VIRGILIO R. GARCIA, respondent.

A.C. No. 4738 | 2002-02-06

DISBARMENT

Facts:

- A petitioner for disbarment was filed against respondent for the falsification of a deed of donation and notarizing the same.

- Records show that Cesar Flores, the respondent's father-in-law, allegedly donated a parcel of land to his son Gregorio Flores.

- Respondent was a privy to the contract in his capacity as a notary public

- The respondent was later appointed by Gregorio as his atty.-in-fact to administer the property, and, later, a second special power of atty., to sell the property.

- The heirs of Cesar Flores filed a civil case to nullify the deed of donation in which the RTC found the document to have...