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Geronimo C. Fuentes Vs. Judge Romualdo G. Buno, et al.

GERONIMO C. FUENTES, Complainant, versus JUDGE ROMUALDO G. BUNO,Presiding Judge, Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Talibon-Getafe, Bohol, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-99-1204 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 97-355-MTJ) | 2008-07-28

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

This administrative case against Judge Romualdo G. Buno of the 4TH Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Talibon-Getafe, Bohol, stemmed from a complaint filed by Geronimo C. Fuentes charging him with abuse of discretion and authority and graft and corruption.

In his complaint, Geronimo Fuentes alleged that he is one of the nine (9) heirs of Bernardo Fuentes, their father, who owned an agricultural land located at San Jose, Talibon, Bohol, and that respondent judge prepared and notarized an "Extra-Judicial Partition with Simultaneous Absolute Deed of Sale" of the said agricultural land, executed...