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De Guia vs. The Auditor General, et al.

GABRIEL DE GUIA, petitioner, vs. THE AUDITOR GENERAL & THE PROVINCIAL AUDITOR OF NORTHERN SAMAR, respondents.

G.R. No. L-29824 | 1972-03-29

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J:

Appeal from a decision of the Auditor General sustaining the provincial auditor's disallowance in audit of petitioner's claim for payment of his attorney's 15% contingent fee for services rendered to the municipality of Mondragon, Northern Samar.

In a civil action filed on January 30, 1962 in the Court of First Instance of Bulacan by G. A Machineries, Inc. against the municipality of Mondragon, now within the province of Northern Samar, 1 judgment had been rendered dismissing the complaint for recovery of P18,609.09 and instead awarding the defendant-municipality on its counterclaim the sum of P42,000.00...