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Luisa Ocampo vs. Mauro N. Dominguez

LUISA OCAMPO, complainant, vs. ATTY. MAURO N. DOMINGUEZ, respondent.

A.C. No. 1006 | 1980-10-17

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, C.J.:

It does not admit of doubt that based on the allegation of the complaint against respondent Mauro N. Dominguez, a member of the Philippine Bar, he could be subjected to disciplinary action. The accusation against him by complainant Luisa Ocampo was that he courted her and thereafter induced her to live with him without disclosing until much too late that he was a married man. 1 Apparently, at that, she was not entirely dissatisfied with the arrangement, but she was prompted to file this case when thereafter he abandoned her. Whatever be the motive, not long after, she executed an affidavit of desistance....