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Gonzales vs. Parrenas

LEONISA O. GONZALES, complainant, vs. ATTY. RICARDO C. PARRENAS, respondent.

A.C. No. 1797 | 1979-11-07

D E C I S I O N

SANTOS, J:

In a verified letter-complaint dated August 4, 1977. Leonisa O. Gonzales charged Atty. Ricardo C. Parrenas with having culpably violated his lawyer's oath when he amicably settled for the amount of P1,000.00 the former's complaint for libel against Erna Tumala, Nemesia Vizconde and Patria Tumala, then pending before the Office of the City Fiscal of Manila, without complainant's knowledge and consent, and, thereafter, misappropriated said amount. 1

Complainant alleged that in March, 1971 she engaged the legal services of respondent to represent her in the aforesaid libel case which was docketed in the City...