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Rosario De Jesus-Alano Vs. Bienvenido A. Tan 106 Phil 554

ROSARIO DE JESUS-ALANO, petitioner, vs. HON. BIENVENIDO A. TAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, and TRINIDAD DE LEON VDA. DE ROXAS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-9473 | 1959-11-28

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ DAVID, J.:

Sometime in 1953, Mrs. Trinidad de Leon Vda. de Roxas filed an action in the Court of First Instance of Manila for the foreclosure of the real estate mortgage made in her favor by the espouses Fernando Ocampo and Lourdes Luciano Ocampo for the security of a debt of P120,000.00 payable with 10% interest. As several months elapsed without the case being heard, the plaintiff Mrs. Roxas, after consulting Judge Gavino S. Abaya, then presiding one of the branches of the court, withdrew her suit, and availing of the services of herein petitioner Atty. Rosario de Jesus-Alano upon the recommendation of Judge...