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Jose Tiongco vs Deguma, Tingco, et al

JOSE B. TIONGCO, petitioner, vs. ATTY. MARCIANA Q. DEGUMA, IMDC MAJOR CARMELO M. TIONGCO, JR., ATTY. NAPOLEON G. PAGTANAC, ESTRELLA TIONGCO YARED, and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 133619 | 1999-10-26

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

In this petition for review on certiorari, petitioner Atty. Jose B. Tiongco (hereafter TIONGCO) seeks the reversal of the 24 July 1997 decision1 [Rollo, 114-123A. Per Adefuin-De La Cruz, B., J., with Paras, G. and Aquino, H., JJ., concurring.] of the Court of Appeals and its resolution2 [Id., 177-179.] of 27 March 1998 in CA-G.R. CV No. 44616. The former affirmed with modification the decision3 [Id., 88-113. Per Judge Jose D. Azarraga.] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Iloilo City, Branch 37 in Civil Case No. 19907, while the latter denied TIONGCO's motion for reconsideration and petition for new...