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Daroy vs. Atty. Legaspi

FERMINA LEGASPI DAROY, LYDIA LEGASPI and AGRIPINO LEGASPI, complainants, vs. ATTORNEY RAMON CHAVES LEGASPI, respondent.

A.M. No. 936 | 1975-07-25

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
AQUINO, J.:
 
Fermina Legazpi-Daroy, Lydia Legaspi-Acha and Agripino Legaspi of Iligan City, in a verified complaint dated March 10, 1970, charged Attorney Ramon Chaves Legaspi of Cagayan de Oro City with malpractice for having misappropriated the sum of four thousand pesos which he had collected for them. They prayed that the respondent be disbarred. 1 (He was 59 years old in 1974. He passed the 1954 bar examinations with a rating of 75.75%).
 
The evidence shows that the complainants hired the respondent in May, 1962 to represent them in the intestate proceeding for...