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Petra Sevilla vs Judge Salubre

PETRA M. SEVILLA, complainant, vs. JUDGE ISMAEL L. SALUBRE, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-00-1336 | 2000-12-19

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us is a verified complaint for disbarment dated June 24, 1998, earlier docketed as A.C. No. 4970, against Atty. Ismael L. Salubre, presently a Municipal Trial Court Judge of Tagum, Davao del Norte, charging the respondent with violations of Cannons 16 and 17 of the Code of Professional Responsibility.[1]

In the verified complaint, complainant alleges that respondent, prior to his appointment as a Judge, was her legal counsel in Civil Case No. 91-01 entitled "Sps. Petra Sevilla and Sancho Sevilla vs. Sps. Shem J. Alfarero, et al.", for Repurchase and Damages with Prayer for the Issuance of...