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Baltazar vs. Atty. Bañez, Jr.

CONCHITA A. BALTAZAR, ROLANDO SAN PEDRO, ALICIA EULALIO-RAMOS, SOLEDAD A. FAJARDO AND ENCARNACION A. FERNANDEZ, Complainants, vs. ATTY. JUAN B. BANEZ, JR., Respondent.

A.C. No. 9091 | 2013-12-11

FIRST DIVISION
RESOLUTION
 
SERENO, CJ:
 
Complainants are the owners of three parcels of land located in Dinalupihan, Bataan. 1 On 4 September 2002, they entered into an agreement with Gerry R. Fevidal (Fevidal), a subdivision developer. In that agreement, they stood to be paid P35,000,000 for all the lots that would be sold in the subdivision.2 For that purpose, they executed a Special Power of Attorney authorizing F evidal to enter into all agreements concerning the parcels of land and to sign those agreements on their behalf. 3
 
Fevidal did not update complainants about the status of...