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Northcastle Properties & Estate Corp vs Judge Paas

NORTHCASTLE PROPERTIES and ESTATE CORPORATION represented by JENNYLYN L. CHUA complainants, vs. Acting Presiding Judge ESTRELLITA M. PAAS, MeTC, Branch 45, Pasay City, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-99-1206 | 1999-10-22

R E S O L U T I O N


PARDO, J.:

Competence is a mark of a good judge. All judges must be competent and, of course, possessed of the highest degree of integrity.

The present complaint arose from a judge's interpretation of Section 19, Rule 70 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, involving an ejectment case.

In a complaint dated December 4, 1997, Northcastle Properties and Estate Corporation (hereafter Northcastle) represented by Jennylyn Chua charged Acting Presiding Judge Estrellita M. Paas with gross ignorance of the law and/or grave abuse of discretion in relation to her acts in Civil Case No. 546-96 entitled "Northcastle Properties...