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Ernesto F. Roldan vs. CA

ERNESTO F. ROLDAN and MARIETTA A. ROLDAN, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and COMMERCIAL CREDIT CORPORATION OF DAVAO, respondents.

G.R. No. 97006 | 1993-02-09

D E C I S I O N

NOCON, J p:

"While in bed the sick man's lying,

While in Court your client's cause you're trying,

That's the time to get your fee.

For, when the sick man has recovered,

And the lawsuit's won or smothered

He will never think of thee." 1

Petitioners spouses Ernesto and Marietta Roldan claim that the attorney's fees claimed by the private respondent, Commercial Credit Corporation of Davao City, being gargantuan, exhorbitant and unconscionable, should be proportionately reduced on the basis of quantum meruit. Private respondent Commercial Credit Corporation of Davao demurs and states that the amount is reasonable or...