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    SBC Case No. 519 July 31, 1997 PATRICIA FIGUEROA, Complainant, Vs SIMEON BARRANCO, JR., Respondent. Facts of The Case

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    CASE DIGEST NO.

    21

    SBC Case No. 519


    July 31, 1997
    PATRICIA FIGUEROA, Complainant,
    vs
    SIMEON BARRANCO, JR., Respondent.

    FACTS OF THE CASE:


    Patricia Figueroa filed an administrative complaint against respondent Simeon Barranco Jr., a successful
    bar candidate in the 1970 Bar examination, praying that the respondent be denied admission to the
    legal profession for gross immorality. In her petition, complainant averred that respondent and she are
    sweethearts, that a child out of wedlock was born to them and that respondent failed to fulfill his
    promise to marry her after he passes the bar examinantions, and that instead respondent married
    another woman.
    ISSUE:
    1. Whether or not the act of Simeon in engaging premarital relations with Figuerora and making
    promises to marry her constitute gross immorality.
    RULING:
    No, the court ruled that the acts of Simeon do not constitute gross immoral conduct warranting
    a permanent exclusion from the legal profession. His engaging premarital sexual relations to
    complainant and promises to marry suggest doubtful moral character on his part but the same does not
    constitute grossly immoral conduct. The court has held that to justify suspension or disbarment the act
    complained of must not only be immoral, but grossly immoral.

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    Arellano University School of Law

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