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Josie Berin And Merly Alorro vs Judge Felixberto P. Barte

JOSIE BERIN and MERLY ALORRO, complainants, vs. JUDGE FELIXBERTO P. BARTE, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Hamtic, Antique, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1443 | 2002-07-31

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a complaint for grave and serious misconduct filed by Josie Berin and Merly Alorro against Judge Felixberto P. Barte, Presiding Judge of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Hamtic, Tobias Fornier and Anini-y, Antique.

Complainants Josie Berin and Merly Alorro are real estate agents. They allege that sometime during the last week of January 2001, respondent judge invited them to his office and asked them to look for a vendor of a lot for sale in Antique because the Manila Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Inc. wanted to buy a site for its church in Antique. Complainants...