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SPOUSES BYRON AND MARIA LUISA SAUNDERS, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. LYSSA GRACE S. PAGANO-CALDE, RESPONDENT.

SPOUSES BYRON AND MARIA LUISA SAUNDERS, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. LYSSA GRACE S. PAGANO-CALDE, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 8708 (CBD Case No. 08-2192) | 2015-08-12

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
SERENO, C.J.:
 
Before us is a Complaint filed by spouses Byron and Maria Luisa Saunders (complainants) against Atty. Lyssa Grace S. Pagano-Calde (respondent) for allegedly misappropriating P530,000.
 
THE FACTS
 
The antecedent facts of the case as shown by the records are as follows:

Complainants obtained the services of respondent in relation to the sale of a property located at 1 Tacay Road, Quezon Hill, Baguio City (subject property), registered in the name of Virgilio J. Gaerlan (Virgilio). Respondent also represented complainants in the case involving the partition of the subject...