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PEOPLE vs. Cirilo V. Soriano

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. CIRILO V. SORIANO, Presiding Judge, City Court, Br. II, City of San Jose, and, ATTY. DAVID T. SORIANO, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. L-43003 | 1984-07-16

D E C I S I O N


GUERRERO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the defunct Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, Branch VI, denying the petition for certiorari with preliminary injunction filed by the City Fiscal against the Hon. Cirilo V. Soriano, Presiding Judge of the City Court of San Jose City, Branch II, now Municipal Trial Court.

The factual and legal antecedents of the case are as follows:

On May 11, 1973, a complaint for estafa was filed with the Office of the City Fiscal of San Jose City against Atty. David T. Soriano, Jr., the private respondent herein, by Casimira Agustin Vda. de Mendoza, for allegedly...