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John Christen S. Hegna Vs. Atty. Goering G.C. Paderanga

JOHN CHRISTEN S. HEGNA, Complainant, versus ATTY. GOERING G.C. PADERANGA, Respondent.

A.C. No. 5955 | 2009-09-08

D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:

Before this Court is a letter-complaint[1] dated June 3, 2002, filed by complainant John Christen S. Hegna with the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) against respondent Atty. Goering G.C. Paderanga for deliberately falsifying documents, which caused delay in the execution of the decision rendered by the Municipal Trial Courts in Cities (MTCC), Branch 8, Cebu City, in Civil Case No. R-45146, entitled John Hegna v. Mr. & Mrs. Eliseo Panaguinip.

Herein complainant was the lessee of a portion of Lot No. 5529, situated at Barangay Quiot Pardo, Cebu City, which was owned by the heirs of Sabina Baclayon. The heirs...