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Mutual Paper Inc. Vs. Eastern Scott Paper Company

MUTUAL PAPER INC., petitioner, vs. EASTERN SCOTT PAPER COMPANY, respondent.

G.R. No. L-26540 | 1981-12-28

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

For consideration in this Petition is the reasonableness of the award in respondent's favor of attorney's fees in the amount of P20,000.00.

Respondent Eastern Scott Paper Company filed on November 24, 1962, with the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Quezon City, Branch IX, an action against petitioner Mutual Paper Inc., for the collection of the sum of P782,566.58, which represents the unpaid value of various quantities of paper and paper products in the total amount of P4,271,572.04 sold by respondent to petitioner from July 3, 1961 to February 17, 1962 on a thirty-day-credit basis. The Court...