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Esteban Ubongen vs. Toribio S. Mayo

ESTEBAN UBONGEN, complainant, vs. CITY JUDGE TORIBIO S. MAYO of Baguio, respondent.

A.M. No. 1255-CTJ | 1980-08-06

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

In Criminal Case No. 30665 of the city court of Baguio, Paulino C. Lopez and two other persons were charged with having falsified the signature of Francisca Ubuñgen in a document, denominated "Agreement", dated July 14, 1969, and with having used that falsified document to enable Lopez (after Francisca Ubuñgen's death in 1972) to transfer in his name in the office of the city assessor of Baguio Francisca's rights over Lot 13, Block 7, Cabinet Hill, Baguio, thus causing damage to her successors-in-interest. Francisca was the common-law wife of Lopez.

After trial, respondent judge, in his...