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Chua vs Mesina, Jr

ANA A. CHUA and MARCELINA HSIA, Complainants, vs. ATTY. SIMEON M. MESINA, JR., Respondent.

A.C. No. 4904 | 2004-08-12

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:





By a verified complaint[1] received by the Office of the Bar Confidant on May 5, 1998,[2] Ana Alvaran Chua and Marcelina Hsia administratively charged Atty. Simeon M. Mesina, Jr., for breach of professional ethics, gross professional misconduct, and culpable malpractice.



As related by complainants, the following facts gave rise to the filing of the complaint.





Respondent was, for years, Ana Alvaran Chua and her now deceased husband Chua Yap An's legal counsel and adviser upon whom they reposed trust and confidence. They were in fact lessees of a building situated at Burgos Street, Cabanatuan City...