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Andres Sumaoang Vs. Regional Trial Court [CONCURRING OPINION, REGALADO, J.]

ANDRES SUMAOANG, petitioner, vs. HON. JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH XXXI, GUIMBA, NUEVA ECIJA and ATTY. JORGE A. PASCUA, respondents.

G.R. No. 78173 | 1992-10-26

Separate Opinions

REGALADO, J., concurring:

Aside from the remarkable craftsmanship in utilizing the equitable principles of the law on trusts to set aright a judicial aberration insulated by legal principles of adjective law, the ponencia felicitiously underscores the ethical norms to be observed by lawyers and the continuing supervisory powers of the judiciary over their conduct in professional advocacy. With these, I am in full accord. I add this concurrence; however, to obviate any misapprehension that our judgment herein would permit invocations of equity to supplant the applicable precepts of law in the disposition of a case.

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