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Luengo & Martinez Vs. Antonio Herrero Et Al.

LUENGO & MARTINEZ, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. ANTONIO HERRERO ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-5745 | 1910-09-12

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

In 1904 Jose Guzman commenced an action in the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila against Behn, Meyer & Co., as owners, and against the captain, of the steamer Kudat to recover the value of a lorcha lost while being towed by the Kudat from Manila to Iloilo, and employed as his counsel Antonio Herrero, agreeing to pay said counsel for his services one-third of the entire amount which he might recover from the said defendants. The plaintiff obtained judgment for the sum of P9,000, with interest and costs, which judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court on the 24th of October, 1907. 1 Herrero, as...