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Medina vs. Atty. Lizardo

SILVESTRA MEDINA AND SANTOS MEDINA LORAYA, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. RUFINO LIZARDO, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10533 | 2017-01-31

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court 
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
Complainants Silvestra Medina (Silvestra) and her nephew Santos Medina Loraya (Santos) filed a Complaint[1] with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Commission on Bar Discipline against Atty. Rufino C. Lizardo (Atty. Lizardo). Complainants allege that Silvestra, because of her advanced age, entrusted the owner's duplicates of Transfer Certificates of Title (TCT) Nos. 13866 and 3900 to Atty. Lizardo. However, since complainants are not the only owners of the properties covered by said TCTs, and other...