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Application for Reinstatement clients; the Court resolved that respondent movant Carlos C. Rusiana
In re: Rusiana be, as he is hereby required, to enroll in, and pass, regular fourth year
review classes in a recognized law school, and that upon his filing with
FACTS: On May 29, 1959, court found out that Atty Rusiana committed the Clerk of this Court of sworn certificates by the individual
acts of misconduct as a notary public and "has exhibited such a frame of professors of the review classes attesting to his having regularly
mind and observed such a norm of conduct as is unworthy of a member of attended and passed their subjects, under the same conditions as
the legal profession," and ordered his disbarment. ordinary students said movant Carlos C. Rusiana be readmitted as a
member of the Philippine Bar, upon his taking anew the lawyer's oath
Respondent has intermittently filed with this Court petitions for re- and signing the Roll of Attorneys in the custody of the Clerk of this
admission, supported by resolutions from members of the Bench and Bar, Supreme Court."
labor unions, newspaper editors and reporters, members of professional and
civic organizations of the Province of Cebu, attesting to respondent's good Case 119
conduct and moral character since his disbarment, and petitioning for his Application for Reinstatement
reinstatement to the legal profession. Prudential Bank vs. Atty Grecia
Whether or not the applicant shall be reinstated rests to a great extent in the
sound discretion of the court. The applicant must, like a candidate for
admission to the bar, satisfy the court that he is a person of good moral
character — a fit and proper person to practice law. The court will take
into consideration the applicant's character and standing prior to the
disbarment, the nature and character of the charge for which he was
disbarred, his conduct subsequent to the disbarment, and the time that has
elapsed between the disbarment and the application for reinstatement. (5
Am. Jur., Sec. 301, p. 443)