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Lee vs. Tambago

MANUEL L. LEE, Complainant, versus ATTY. REGINO B. TAMBAGO, Respondent.

A.C. No. 5281 | 2008-02-12

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N

CORONA, J.:

In a letter-complaint dated April 10, 2000, complainant Manuel L. Lee charged respondent Atty. Regino B. Tambago with violation of the Notarial Law and the ethics of the legal profession for notarizing a spurious last will and testament.

In his complaint, complainant averred that his father, the decedent Vicente Lee, Sr., never executed the contested will. Furthermore, the spurious will contained the forged signatures of Cayetano Noynay and Loreto Grajo, the purported witnesses to its execution.

In the said will, the decedent supposedly...