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Perez vs. Scottish Union & National Insurance Co.

TORIBIO P. PEREZ, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., defendant. MIGUEL H. MITRE, appellant.

C.A. No. 8977 | 1946-03-22

D E C I S I O N

PARAS, J:

The plaintiff is seeking to recover (1) P6,000. as attorney's fees in a criminal case for arson against the defendant Miguel H. Mitre who, in a written contract (Exhibit D), had covenanted to pay the same out of the proceeds of a fire insurance policy (No. 5518308), for P12,000, issued in his favor by the defendant Scottish Union and National Insurance Co., and (2) P1,485, unpaid balance of attorney's fees owing by the defendant Miguel H. Mitre in four other cases (CA-G. R. No. 6398; CA-G. R. No. 6499; civil case No. 3048, Court of First Instance of Sorsogon; and administrative case, Mitre vs. Arambulo). The...