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Victoriano G. Manlapaz Vs. Judge Manuel T. Sabillo, MCTC, Lamitan, Basilan

VICTORIANO G. MANLAPAZ, Complainant, vs. JUDGE MANUEL T. SABILLO, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Lamitan, Basilan, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-10-1771 (formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 09-2160-MTJ) | 2013-02-13




SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

BRION, J.:

For the Court's resolution is the administrative complaint filed by Victoriano G. Manlapaz (complainant) charging Judge Manuel T. Sabillo (respondent), Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Lamitan, Basilan, with serious and gross misconduct.

In a verified complaint-affidavit dated June 8, 2009,1 the complainant alleged that sometime in 1996, the respondent, then a practicing lawyer, offered to sell to him and his wife a house and lot situated in Valenzuela City, Metro Manila for the price of P2,400,000.00, payable in sixteen (16) months. The complainant agreed to buy the property, believing that they got a...