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Servillano Batac, Jr. and Antonio Bonoan vs Atty. Ponciano Cruz, Jr.

SERVILLANO BATAC, JR. and ANTONIO BONOAN, complainants, vs. ATTY. PONCIANO V. CRUZ, JR., respondent.

A.C. No. 5809 | 2004-02-23

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO-MORALES, J.:

In a verified complaint-affidavit[1] dated April 15, 1999, docketed as CBD Case No. 99-269 before the Commission on Bar Discipline of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP-CBD), Servillano Batac, Jr. and Atty. Antonio Bonoan (complainants) pray that appropriate disciplinary sanction be meted against Atty. Ponciano Cruz, Jr. (respondent).

The facts which spawned the filing of the present case are as follows:

Complainants are among the petitioners, while respondent is one of the respondents, in a case pending before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), "Servillano Batac, Jr., Antonio...