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Pascual vs. Court of Industrial Relations

RUSTICO PASCUAL, ALBERTO JOSE, ELADIO GREGORIO, REDENTOR V. SOTTO, RODRIGO V. SOTTO, MARIANO HERRANZ, MARINA DAVILA, EDUARDO OCAMPO, PEDRO ASENSI, FRANCISCO PADUA, JUANITO SAN MIGUEL, RAFAEL FRANCISCO, ELISEO LIZADA; FEDERICO DE LANGE, CESAR VICTORIANO, A

G.R. Nos. L-27856-57 | 1979-02-28

D E C I S I O N

ABAD SANTOS, J:

The question in this case is whether or not a lawyer may collect attorney's fees from non-union members who were not his clients but were extended by the employer salary increases similar to those given to union members in settlement of a labor dispute prosecuted by said lawyer.

The petitioners, namely: Rustico Pascual, Alberto Jose, Eladio Gregorio, Redentor V. Sotto, Rodrigo V. Sotto, Mariano Herranz, Marina Davila, Eduardo Ocampo, Pedro Asensi, Francisco Padua, Juanito San Miguel, Rafael Francisco, Eliseo Lizada, Federico de Lange, Cesar Victoriano, Alcibiades Jose, Florita del Rosario, et al., were...