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Cosme S. Abiog, et al. vs. Jose M. Pascual

COSME ABIOG y SAMOY, DOMINGO ABIOG y SAMOY, CATALINO ABIOG y SAMOY, PONCIANO ABIOG y SAMOY, LEON ABIOG y SAMOY, BONIFACIO METILLA y MADRID, AMBROCIO METILLA y MADRID, SEGUNDO JOSE y PASSION, AGUSTINA ABIOG, CIPRIANO DE LA CRUZ y AGCAOILI, VIRGILIO DE LA CRUZ y AGCAOILI, HOSPICIO DE LA CRUZ y AGCAOILI, LAZARO ABIOG y CORNEJO, JOAQUIN FELIPE y AGCAOILI, DEMETRIO DE LA CRUZ y AGCAOILI, EULOGIA DELA CRUZ y EUSTAQUIO, MARIA DE LA CRUZ AQUINO, ESTRELLA DE LA CRUZ AGCAOILI, and LEONILA DE LA CRUZ y AGCAOILI, complainants, vs. Municipal JUDGE JOSE M. PASCUAL of the Municipal Court of Lallo, Cagayan, respondent.

A.M. No. 2240-MJ A.M. No. 2240-MJ | 1982-05-31

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ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This administrative case concerns Judge Jose M. Pascual of the Municipal Court of Lallo, Cagayan. He was charged for allegedly collecting from the complainants varying amounts, without receipts, as payment for survey fees and titling of lots which were then the subject of cadastral hearings before him.

On May 17, 1979, a Civic Action Agency, headed by then Provincial Governor of Cagayan, Teresa J. Dupaya, and Lt. Col. Tirso H. Gador, Provincial Commander of Cagayan Constabulary Command, made a visit and conducted a dialogue with residents of Barangay Binag and Cagoran, Lallo, Cagayan. Some residents...