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Spouses Boyboy vs. Atty. Victoriano Yabut Jr. 401 SCRA 622

SPOUSES WILFREDO BOYBOY and LYDIA BOYBOY, petitioners, vs. ATTY. VICTORIANO R. YABUT, JR., respondent.

A.C. No. 5225 | 2003-04-29

D E C I S I O N

Ei incumbit probotio qui dicit, non qui negat.

"He who asserts, not he who denies, must prove."

BELLOSILLO, J.:

This administrative case against Atty. Victoriano Yabut, Jr., stemmed from a complaint filed by spouses Wilfredo Boyboy and Lydia Boyboy accusing him of blackmail and extortion, and seeking his disbarment from the practice of law.

Complainant-spouses alleged that sometime in November 1999 respondent called complainant Dr. Lydia Boyboy at her clinic in Angeles City threatening to charge her with estafa before the NBI and cause the revocation of her physician's license unless complainant paid him...