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Luzano vs. Hon. Romero, et al.

CELESTINO LUZANO, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE HONORO ROMERO Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga, Branch III, VICENTE MACALINO, Assistant Fiscal of Pampanga, and DIONISIO CAYANAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-33245 | 1971-09-30

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J:

The question raised in this petition is whether the municipal court of Apalit, Pampanga can be considered a court of record under Sections 45, 75, and 77 of the Judiciary Act (Republic Act No. 296), as amended by Republic Act No. 6031.
Zenaida M. Manlapaz is the only duly appointed clerk stenographer in the Apalit Municipal Court (p. 6 of Answer, p. 44, rec.; Annex "2" of Answer, p. 47, rec.)

Petitioner Celestino Luzano is the complaining witness in the estafa charge involving the amount of P150.00, which he filed against private respondent Dionisio Cayanan and was docketed as Criminal Case No. 1087 in the...