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Raul Sesbre?o Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

RAUL SESBRE?O, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, and PATRICIO GIAN, SOTERO BRANZUELA, ANDRES C. YPIL, COHITMINGAO, VICTORINO DINOY, GUILLERMO MONTEJO and EMILIO RETUBADO, respondents.

G.R. No. 117438 | 1995-06-08

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

Of interest to all law practitioners is the issue at bench, namely, whether the Court of Appeals had the authority to reduce the amount of attorney's fees awarded to petitioner Atty. Raul H. Sesbreño, notwitstanding the contract for professional services signed by private respondents.

The antecedents facts of the case follow.

Fifty-two employees sued the Province of Cebu and then Governor Rene Espina for reinstatement and backwages. 1 Herein petitioner, Raul H. Sebreño, replaced the employees' former counsel Atty. Catalino Pacquiao.

Thirty-two of the fifty-two employees signed two documents...