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Antonio C. Ramos, et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

ANTONIO C. RAMOS, ROSALINDA M. PEREZ, NORMA C. CASTILLO and BALIUAG MARKET VENDORS ASSOCIATION, INC., petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. CAMILO O. MONTESA, JR., in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Bulacan, Branch 19, and MUNICIPALITY OF BALIUAG, respondents.

G.R. No. 99425 | 1997-03-03

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Who has the legal authority to represent a municipality in law-suits? If an unauthorized lawyer represents a municipality what is the effect of his participation in the proceedings?

Parenthetically, does a motion to withdraw the appearance of the unauthorized counsel have to comply with Rule 15 of the Rules of Court regarding notice and hearing of motions?

These questions are answered by this Court in resolving this petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court of the Decision 1 of publicrespondent 2 in CA-G.R. SP No. 23594 promulgated on March 15, 1991, which denied due course to and...