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Villegas, Raul vs. Valentino L. Legaspi, et al.

RAUL A. VILLEGAS, petitioner, vs. ASSEMBLYMAN VALENTINO L. LEGASPI, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CEBU, BRANCH II, presided by HON. FRANCISCO P. BURGOS, District Judge; BRIGIDA VERA CRUZ, joined in and assisted by her husband JOSE VERA CRUZ, and PRIMITIVO CANIA, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 53869 | 1982-03-25

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

These two cases (L-53869 and L-51928) filed in May, 1980 and September, 1979, respectively, involve the prohibition in Section 11, Article VIII of the 1973 Charter, which used to read:

"Sec. 11. No member of the National Assembly shall appear as counsel before any court inferior to a court with appellate jurisdiction, . . ."

The antecedent facts follow:

L-53869

On September 27, 1979, a complaint for annulment of bank checks and damages was filed by Raul A. Villegas against the Vera Cruz spouses and Primitivo Cania, Jr. (private respondents) before the Court of First Instance of Cebu, Branch XVI,...