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Espiritu vs. De la Rosa

RICARDO ESPIRITU, petitioner, vs. M. L. DE LA ROSA, as Executive Judge of Court of First Instance of Manila, respondent.

G.R. No. L-1156 | 1947-07-30

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J:

This is a petition for a writ to compel the respondent, as executive judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, to direct the clerk "to receive and docket the criminal complaint filed by petitioner against Judge Crisanto Aragon; to refer the same thereafter to the City Fiscal for preliminary investigation, or to conduct the preliminary investigation himself as the law provides."

Petitioner subscribed. and swore a complaint for falsification of public document against Judge Crisanto Aragon of the Municipal Court of Manila (Exhibit A). The clerk of court referred it to the respondent as, executive judge of...