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Lim, Vicente vs. Francisco G. Antonio

VICENTE LIM, complainant, vs. ATTORNEY FRANCISCO G. ANTONIO, respondent.

A.C. No. 1092 | 1983-10-27

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, C.J.:

The charge imputed to respondent, a member of the bar, is that he changed his name, without any authority from the courts, from Paquito Lim Antonio Clemente, as appearing in his birth certificate, to Francisco G. Antonio. Such an act, complainant contends, was contrary to law. 1

Respondent was required to answer. He was quite categorical in such answer that at no time had he used an alias and that, therefore, he had not violated the Act in question. Much less had he committed falsification of public documents. He pointed out that his correct surname of Antonio was likewise included in his birth...