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Leonora Obana vs. Court of Appeals

LEONORA OBANA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, RAFAEL G. SUNTAY, REGISTER OF DEEDS OF QUEZON CITY, and the EX-OFICIO SHERIFF OF QUEZON CITY, respondents.

G.R. No. 78635 | 1989-04-27

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition to review on certiorari the decision of the Court of Appeals which set aside the trial court's decision, dismissed herein petitioner Leonora Obaña's complaint and ordered her to pay Rafael G. Suntay the amount of P5,000.00 as attorney's fees with costs against her.

The facts of the case as stated in the Court of Appeals' decision are as follows:

"Records show that defendant-appellant (Rafael G. Suntay) was the former counsel of Liberty H. Dizon and her minor children, Nicolas and Noel Patrick, both surnamed Torio, in an intestate proceeding docketed as No. 142...