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Raymundo A. Armovit Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

LAW FIRM OF RAYMUNDO A. ARMOVIT, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGE GENARO C. GINES, Presiding Judge of Branch XXVI, Regional Trial Court, First Judicial Region, San Fernando, La Union, and BENGSON COMMERCIAL BUILDING, INC., respondents. Raymundo A. Armovit and Rafael R. Armovit for petitioner. Pacifico C. Yadao for private respondent.

G.R. No. 90983 | 1991-09-27

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

Before the Court is Atty. Raymundo Armovit's claim for attorney's fees against the private respondent.

It appears that Atty. Armovit was engaged as counsel for the private respondent in a complaint to have an extrajudicial foreclosure of certain properties by the Government Service Insurance System declared null and void; that the parties allegedly agreed that the private respondent shall pay P15,000.00 as initial compensation and twenty percent in contingent fees; that after trial, the defunct Court of First Instance rendered judgment annulling foreclosure and ordering the Government Service Insurance...