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Victor Basco Vs. Damaso Gregorio

VICTOR BASCO, complainant, vs. ATTY. DAMASO GREGORIO, Clerk of Court V, RTC, Branch 41, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro, respondent.

A.M. No. P-94-1026 | 1995-07-06

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

In a sworn complaint 1 dated January 31, 1994, Victor Basco charged Atty. Damaso Gregorio, Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court of Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro, with misconduct relative to Civil Case No. 1091-92 entitled "Basco v. Mirafles."

Complainant alleged that he is the plaintiff in the aforementioned civil case that despite the fact that the said case was submitted for decision as early as February 2, 1993, a decision had not yet been promulgated as of the filing of the complaint. He attributed the delay in the rendition of a decision to the fact that respondent lost some, if not all, the...