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Spouses Celemencio C. Sabitsana, Jr. and Ma. Rosario M. Sabitsana Vs. Juanito F. Muertegui, represented by his attorney-in-fact, Domingo A. Muertegui, Jr.

SPOUSES CLEMENCIO C. SABITSANA, JR. and MA. ROSARIO M. SABITSANA, Petitioners, -versus- .JUANITO _F. MUERTEGUI, represented by his Attorney-in-Fact DOMINGO A. MUERTEGUI, JR., Respondent.

G.R. No. 181359 | 2013-08-05

SECOND DIVISION

DECISION

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

A lawyer may not, for his own personal interest and benefit, gamble on his 
client's word,  believing it at one time  and disbelieving it the  next.  He  owes his 
client his undivided loyalty. 

Assailed in this Petition for Review on Certiorari 1 
are the January 25, 2007 
Decision 2 
of the Court of Appeals (CA) which denied the appeal in CA-G.R. CV 
No.  79250, and its January  11,  2008 Resolution 3 
denying petitioner's Motion for 
Reconsideration. 4

Factual Antecedents

On  September 2,  1981,  Alberto...