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Licuanan vs. Atty. Melo

LEONILA J. LICUANAN, complainant, vs. ATTY. MANUEL L. MELO, respondent.

A.C. No. 2361 | 1989-02-09

R E S O L U T I O N

PER CURIAM:

An affidavit-complaint, dated November 11, 1981, was filed by Leonila J. Licuanan with the Office of the Court Administrator on 5 February 1982 against respondent, Atty. Manuel L. Melo, for breach of professional ethics, alleging that respondent, who was her counsel in an ejectment case filed against her tenant, failed to remit to her the rentals collected by respondent on different dates over a twelve-month period, much less did he report to her the receipt of said amounts. It was only after approximately a year from actual receipt that respondent turned over his collections to complainant after the latter,...