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Balleza vs. Bolinas

ALPIO BALLEZA, complainant, vs. MUNICIPAL JUDGE ALFREDO BOLINAS of Banate, Iloilo, respondent.

A.M. No. 237-MJ | 1978-04-25

R E S O L U T I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The sole ground alleged by complainant Alpio Balleza in this administrative case against respondent Judge Alfredo Bolinas was that the latter tried an action for unlawful detainer in the absence of complainant who was the defendant. His failure to appear, he explained, was due to what he considered his belief that the scheduled hearing would be postponed. When respondent Judge was asked to comment, he stated that the motion for postponement came only after the trial and that even if it were otherwise, it was addressed to his sound discretion. A litigant should therefore not act on the assumption that it...