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Torres vs Villanueva

FERNANDO V. TORRES, complainant, vs. JUDGE FRANCISCO D. VILLANUEVA, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-99-1227 | 2000-05-09

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

On 18 January 1994, Fernando V. Torres filed an action for "Annulment and/or Declaration of Nullity of a Deed of Absolute Sale and a Deed of Real Estate Mortgage," which deeds he had apparently entered into with one Amparo Medina, and for the cancellation of eleven (11) checks issued to the latter pursuant to their agreement. The case was docketed Civil Case No. Q-94-18962 before Branch 216, presided by Judge Mariano I. Bacalla, of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City.

Shortly after the civil action was initiated, Amparo Medina, therein defendant, filed with the Office of the Quezon City Prosecutor...