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Castelo et al. vs.Atty. Ching

ORLANDO S. CASTELO, ELENA C. CAMA, OSWALDO CASTELO, JOCELYN LLANILLO, AND BENJAMIN CASTELO, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. RONALD SEGUNDINO C. CHING, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 11165 | 2017-02-06

FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
CAGUIOA, J:
 
A notarized document is entitled to full faith and credit upon its face. Thus, a notary public should observe utmost care in performing his duties to preserve public confidence in the integrity of notarized documents.[1]

The salient facts, as borne by the records, are:

Sometime in late 2013, Complainants Orlando S. Castelo, Elena C. Cama, Oswaldo Castelo, Jocelyn Llanillo, and Benjamin Castelo (Castelo heirs) received summons from the Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 22, Manila (MeTC) for an ejectment case[2] filed against them by Leonida Delen and Spouses Nestor Delen and Julibel Delen...