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Flora Doronila-Tioseco, et al vs CA, Judge Bayhon and Ramon Gonzales

FLORA DORONILA-TIOSECO, BENJAMIN DORONILA, JR., SALVADOR DORONILA, and SOLEDAD DUNGCA-DORONILA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGE WILLIAM M. BAYHON, and RAMON A. GONZALES, respondents.

G.R. No. 120634 | 1999-12-03

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case is an appeal via certiorari from the decision of the Court of Appeals,[1] the dispositive portion of which reads:

"IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, the instant petition for certiorari is hereby DENIED for lack of merit. No pronouncement as to costs.

"IT IS SO ORDERED."[2]

As a result of dispute among the heirs of the late Alfonso Doronila and their counsel, Ramon Gonzales, over his claim for attorney's fees, on July 3, 1991, the Regional Trial Court, Branch 23, Manila[3] denied the heirs' Motion to Cancel Attorney's Lien and declared Ramon Gonzales entitled to ten per cent (10%) of the shares of the heirs...