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Maxima C. Lopez vs. Manuel B. Casaclang

MAXIMA C. LOPEZ, complainant, vs. MANUEL B. CASACLANG, respondent.

A.C. No. 549 | 1968-08-26

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

This is a proceeding for disbarment. 

Respondent Manuel B. Casaclang, a member of the Bar is charged by Maxima C. Lopez with malpractice on three counts, namely: (1) for having improperly notarized a document purporting to be a deed of transfer of rights over a piece of land by complainant in favor of Demetria B. Casaclang, respondent's mother, in the absence of the person executing said document and of the two witnesses, contrary to what is recited in the acknowledgment; (2) for having notarized a falsified general power of attorney; and (3) for having prepared an affidavit and taken the...