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Spouses Zialcita vs. Atty. Latras

SPOUSES RAY AND MARCELINA ZIALCITA, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. ALLAN LATRAS, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 7169 | 2019-03-11

R E S O L U T I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
The case stemmed from an administrative complaint[1] for disbarment filed by spouses Ray and Marcelina Zialcita against Atty. Allan Latras for violation of the notarial law.

The spouses obtained a loan from a certain Ester Servacio to aid in the construction of their commercial building. As security for the loan, a Deed of Sale with Right to Repurchase, for a period of one year, over a commercial land and building, was executed by the spouses in favor of Servacio in the amount of P11 Million. The spouses alleged that Servacio and Atty. Latras fraudulently substituted the first page of the Deed...