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Aquino vs. Casabar, et al.

AUGUSTO M. AQUINO, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ISMAEL P. CASABAR, AS PRESIDING JUDGE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT-GUIMBA, NUEVA ECIJA, BRANCH 33 AND MA. ALA F. DOMINGO AND MARGARITA IRENE F. DOMINGO, SUBSTITUTING HEIRS OF THE DECEASED ANGEL T. DOMINGO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 191470 | 2015-01-26

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PERALTA, J.:

Before us is a special civil action for certiorari1 under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, dated March 17, 2010, filed by Atty. Augusto M. Aquino (petitioner) assailing the Order dated January 11, 2010 issued by respondent Presiding Judge Ismael P. Casabar (public respondent), in relation to Agrarian Case No. 1217-G,2 for allegedly having been issued with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction.
 
The facts of the case, as culled from the records, are as follows:
 
On June 27, 2002, Atty. Angel T. Domingo (now deceased) verbally contracted petitioner...