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Pag-ibig Village Assn and Atty Reni Dublin vs Aquino Angco

PAG-IBIG VILLAGE ASSOCIATION (represented by its Chairman of the Board), ABNER FLOR, and ATTY. RENI M. DUBLIN, complainants, vs. AQUILINO ANGON, Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, 11th Judicial Region, Davao City, respondent.

A.M. No. P-98-1268 | 1998-08-25

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J.:

In a sworn complaint[1] filed with the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) on 4 June 1996, complainants charged respondent with grave misconduct for having: (a) hastily, prematurely and illegally implemented a writ of demolition issued by Branch 8 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Davao City in an appealed case, Civil Case No. 23,484-95; and (b) defamed complainant Atty. Reni Dublin during the implementation of the writ by telling his clients that there was nothing more respondent could do because Atty. Dublin had already been paid.

As to the facts, the complaint alleged that the plaintiffs in...