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Hilda Tabas vs Atty Bonifacio Mangibin

HILDA D. TABAS, complainant, vs. ATTY. BONIFACIO B. MANGIBIN, respondent.

A.C. No. 5602 | 2004-02-03

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In a verified complaint[1] for disbarment filed with this Court on January 30, 2002, complainant Hilda D. Tabas sought the disbarment of respondent, Atty. Bonifacio B. Mangibin, for allegedly having committed forgery.

Complainant avers that on March 5, 2001, a certain Anastacia Galvan from Sta. Monica, Bauang, La Union, mortgaged to her a piece of real property to secure a P48,000.00 loan. The deed of mortgage of real property[2] was duly registered with the Office of the Register of Deeds of the Province of La Union and annotated in the tax declaration of the property.[3]

On October 17, 2001,...