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Jose Oria vs Atty Antonio Tupaz

JOSE E. ORIA, Complainant, versus ATTY. ANTONIO K. TUPAZ, Respondent.

A.C. No. 5131 | 2004-09-22

DECISION


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

In a Letter-Complaint[1] dated September 1, 1999, respondent Atty. Antonio K. Tupaz was charged with negligence in the performance of his duties as counsel to complainant Jose E. Oria.

Complainant Oria avers that his wife, Viola Luna Oria authorized him to institute legal action to recover her unirrigated ricelands located at Barangay Banuyo, Gasan, Marinduque, with an area of 1.2121 hectares, which were transferred, by virtue of the Operation Land Transfer of the Agrarian Reform Program, to the alleged tenants in connivance with Lourdes Argosino and Linda Rey, field personnel of the Marinduque Agrarian...