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CONRADO ABE LOPEZ, REPRESENTED BY ATTY. ROMUALDO JUBAY, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE ROGELIO S. LUCMAYON, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, BRANCH 1, MANDAUE CITY, CEBU, RESPONDENT.

CONRADO ABE LOPEZ, REPRESENTED BY ATTY. ROMUALDO JUBAY, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE ROGELIO S. LUCMAYON, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, BRANCH 1, MANDAUE CITY, CEBU, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. MTJ-13-1837 [formerly OCA IPI No. 12-2463-MTJ] | 2014-09-24

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

BRION, J.:

We resolve the administrative complaint1 filed by Conrado Abe Lopez (complainant) charging Judge Rogelio S. Lucmayon (respondent), Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Branch 1, Mandaue City, Cebu, with Dishonesty, Corruption and Malpractice relative to a land dispute involving their families.

The Antecedent Facts
 
In a verified complaint-affidavit dated December 12, 2011, the complainant, through his counsel Arty. Romualdo M. Jubay, alleged that when he was eight years old, he inherited from his adoptive father Restituto Lopez one-half (1/2) of Lot No. 1718 with an area of 355 square...