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Jessie R. De Leon vs. Atty. Eduardo G. Castelo

JESSIE R. DE LEON, Complainant,vs.ATTY. EDUARDO G. CASTELO, Respondent.

A.C. No. 8620 | 2011-01-12

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

 

BERSAMIN, J.:

 

This administrative case, which Jessie R. De Leon initiated on April 29, 2010, concerns respondent attorney's alleged dishonesty and falsification committed in the pleadings he filed in behalf of the defendants in the civil action in which De Leon intervened.

 

Antecedents

 

On January 2, 2006, the Government brought suit for the purpose of correcting the transfer certificates of title (TCTs) covering two parcels of land located in Malabon City then registered in the names of defendants Spouses Lim Hio and Dolores Chu due to their encroaching on a public callejon and on a...