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Calixto Santiago Vs. Recaredo M.A Calvo 048 Phil 919

CALIXTO SANTIAGO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. RECAREDO M.A CALVO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 24649 | 1926-03-17

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:

This case is the sequel, or more properly speaking, the complement of disbarment proceedings heretofore initiated by the plaintiff against the defendant. The principal question is whether a complaint presented in the Supreme Court against a lawyer is or is not privileged, and whether by reason of such complaint if found to be ungrounded, the lawyer has a right to damages.

It was on March 13, 1923, that Calixto Santiago filed charges in this court against Attorney Recaredo M.a Calvo, and supported the same by an affidavit. At the conclusion of a thorough investigation of the charges, the court, speaking...