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De Oribiana vs. Gerio

ENEDENA AGAWA VDA. DE ORIBIANA, complainant, vs. ATTY. FIDENCIO H. GERIO, respondent.

A.C. No. 1582 | 1979-02-28

R E S O L U T I O N

ANTONIO, J:

On February 6, 1976, Enedena Agawa Vda. de Oribiana filed the instant complaint for the disbarment of respondent Fidencio H. Gerio, a member of the Philippine Bar, alleging that respondent, who was her counsel in CA-G. R. No. 64297-R, en-titled Enedena Agawa Vda. de Oribiana,. Plaintiff Appellee, versus Ricardo Villaflores, Sr., et al., Defendants-Appellants", then pending in the Court of Appeals, failed to file her brief as appellee in said case without any justifiable reason, despite repeated demands made by complainant, thereby committing malpractice and gross misconduct in office, and that sometime in...