A.M. No. 1383 - MARCH 1976 - PHILIPPINE JURISPRUDENCE CASE NUMBERCASE TITLE A.M. No. 1383March 4, 1976 Ricardo Rojas vs.Dulcesimo P. Tampus A.M. No. 438-MJMarch 4, 1976 Roman Castro vs.Nemesio M. Manglinong G.R. No. L-26354March 4, 1976 Miguel Rañeses vs.Bernardo Teves G.R. No. L-27298March 4, 1976 Mario Pabellar vs.Republic of the Phil. G.R. No. L-25424March 8, 1976 Phil. Consolidated Coconut Ind., Inc., vs.Collector of Internal Revenue G.R. No. L-39763March 8, 1976 People of the Philippines vs.Mario Andal G.R. No. L-41361March 8, 1976 Rodrigo V. Fontelera vs.Augusto M. Amores G.R. No. L-33081March 10, 1976 Eulalio Arce vs.Carlos L. Sundiam G.R. No. L-41875March 12, 1976 Germanico A. Carreon vs.Dimalanes B. Buissan G.R. No. L-42975March 15, 1976 Andre Kintanar vs.Luis Amor G.R. No. L-26699March 16, 1976 Benita Salao vs.Juan S. Salao G.R. No. L-42799March 16, 1976 Rafael R. Recto vs.Francisco De La Rosa G.R. No. L-35351March 17, 1976 Rogelio Dy vs.Manuel Lopez Enage G.R. No. L-27796March 25, 1976 St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. vs.Macondray & Co., Inc. G.R. No. L-31229March 25, 1976 Py Eng Chong vs.Melencio Herrera G.R. No. L-37790March 25, 1976 Mafinco Trading Corp. vs.Blas F. Ople G.R. No. L-23851March 26, 1976 Wack Wack Golf & Country Club, Inc vs.Lee E. Won , et al. G.R. No. L-22573March 31, 1976 James H. Fleming vs.Civil Aeronautics Board and Philippines Air Lines, Inc. G.R. No. L-27378March 31, 1976 Phil. Air Lines, Inc. vs.Philippines Air Lines Employes Asso. G.R. No. L-29244March 31, 1976 Rizal Surety & Insurance Company vs.Manila Railroad Company & Manila Port Service G.R. No. L-29283March 31, 1976 General Electric Co. vs.Court of Industrial Relations G.R. No. L-29485March 31, 1976 Commissioner of Internal Revenue vs.Ayala Securities Corporation G.R. No. L-29560March 31, 1976 Miguel Cuenco vs.Manuel Cuenco, et al. G.R. No. L-30658March 31, 1976 Shell Oil Workers Union vs.Shell Company of the Phil. G.R. No. L-31341March 31, 1976 Phil. Air Lines Employees Asso. vs.Philippines Air Ines, Inc. G.R. No. L-38581March 31, 1976 Lorenzo Jose vs.Court of Appeals G.R. No. L-39581March 31, 1976 Carlos Eusebio vs.Mercedes B. Eusebio G.R. No. L-41062March 31, 1976 Francisca S. Rabina vs.Court of Appeals G.R. No. L-41251March 31, 1976 People of the Philippines vs.Gregorio Consulta G.R. No. L-41928March 31, 1976 Vicente Tiozon et al. vs.Court of Appeals G.R. No. L-41959March 31, 1976 People of the Philippines vs.Enrique B. Inting G.R. No. L-42457March 31, 1976 Lominog Dinaro vs.Workmen's Compensation Commission The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc. Ricardo Rojas vs.Dulcesimo P. Tampus Roman Castro vs.Nemesio M. Manglinong Miguel Rañeses vs.Bernardo Teves Mario Pabellar vs.Republic of the Phil. Phil. Consolidated Coconut Ind., Inc., vs.Collector of Internal Revenue People of the Philippines vs.Mario Andal Rodrigo V. Fontelera vs.Augusto M. Amores Eulalio Arce vs.Carlos L. Sundiam Germanico A. Carreon vs.Dimalanes B. Buissan Andre Kintanar vs.Luis Amor Benita Salao vs.Juan S. Salao Rafael R. Recto vs.Francisco De La Rosa Rogelio Dy vs.Manuel Lopez Enage St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. vs.Macondray & Co., Inc. Py Eng Chong vs.Melencio Herrera Mafinco Trading Corp. vs.Blas F. Ople Wack Wack Golf & Country Club, Inc vs.Lee E. Won , et al. James H. Fleming vs.Civil Aeronautics Board and Philippines Air Lines, Inc. Phil. Air Lines, Inc. vs.Philippines Air Lines Employes Asso. Rizal Surety & Insurance Company vs.Manila Railroad Company & Manila Port Service General Electric Co. vs.Court of Industrial Relations Commissioner of Internal Revenue vs.Ayala Securities Corporation Miguel Cuenco vs.Manuel Cuenco, et al. Shell Oil Workers Union vs.Shell Company of the Phil. Phil. Air Lines Employees Asso. vs.Philippines Air Ines, Inc. Lorenzo Jose vs.Court of Appeals Carlos Eusebio vs.Mercedes B. Eusebio Francisca S. Rabina vs.Court of Appeals People of the Philippines vs.Gregorio Consulta Vicente Tiozon et al. vs.Court of Appeals People of the Philippines vs.Enrique B. Inting Lominog Dinaro vs.Workmen's Compensation Commission The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc.
Manila
SECOND DIVISION
A.M. No. 1383 March 4, 1976
RICARDO ROJAS,complainant,
vs.
ATTY. DULCESIMO P. TAMPUS,respondent.
R E S O L U T I O N
AQUINO,J.:
Ricardo Rojas, a businessman of Palao, Iligan City, in his verified complaint dated August 16, 1974, charged Atty. Dulcesimo Tampus with malpractice for having allegedly sought interminable postponements of the hearing of Criminal Case No. 9213-AF of the City Court of Iligan City, a perjury case filed by Rojas against Alfonso Delator.
Rojas alleged that on August 7, 1974 Atty. Tampus again moved for the postponement of the trial on the ground that he was to appear at the preliminary investigation the office of the Provincial Fiscal at Cagayan de Oro City. The Fiscal, in answer to Rojas' inquiry, replied that there was no such investigation.
Respondent Tampus denied the charge.ℒαwρhi৷The case was referred for investigation to the Solicitor General. He in turn asked the Provincial Fiscal of Lanao del Norte at Iligan City to receive the evidence.
At the hearing before the Fiscal on March 20, 1975 complainant Rojas, assisted by counsel, withdrew his complaint against Tampus after the latter had explained to Rojas that he (Tampus) actually went to Cagayan de Oro City on August 7, 1974 to attend the preliminary investigation to be conducted by the inquest fiscal but the investigation was not held. That explanation was corroborated by Assistant Fiscal Josefina C. Parrado and Atty. Ruperto P. Eltanal in their respective affidavits.
The Solicitor General after reviewing the record concluded that there was no evidence to substantiate the charge that Atty. Tampus had unreasonably delayed the trial of the perjury case. The postponements were granted by the court presumably because the grounds therefor were meritorious.
WHEREFORE,this administrative case against respondent Atty. Tampus is dismissed.
SO ORDERED.
Fernando (Chairman), Barredo, Antonio and Concepcion, Jr., JJ., concur.