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Aurora B. Go Vs. Margarito A. Costela, Jr., etc.

AURORA B. GO, Complainant, versus MARGARITO A. COSTELO, JR., SHERIFF IV, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 11, CALUBIAN, LEYTE, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-08-2450/(Formerly OCA IPI No. 00-27-CA-P) | 2009-06-10

DECISION


Per Curiam:

Before this Court is the affidavit-complaint[1] dated June 19, 2003 filed by complainant Aurora B. Go with the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), charging respondent Margarito A. Costelo, Jr., Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 11, Calubian, Leyte, with grave misconduct, falsification and abuse of authority.

In her complaint, Go alleged that she executed a Deed of Absolute Sale in favor of her sister Anita Conde over a parcel of land covered by Tax Declaration No. ARP 09004-00109. On November 8, 2001, while the complainant was in Taiwan, she received a call from Conde, who informed her that...