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Eduardo Reyes Cristobal Vs. Jose M. Ocson 044 Phil 489

EDUARDO REYES CRISTOBAL, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE M. OCSON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 19205 | 1923-02-13

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J .:

The plaintiff in this case, Don Eduardo Reyes Cristobal, sues to recover an attorney's fee, claimed to be due from the defendant, Jose M. Ocson, by virtue of a written contract alleged to have been executed by the parties on September 20, 1921. Upon hearing the cause, his Honor, the trial judge, awarded to the plaintiff the sum of P6,500, with lawful interest from November 14, 1921, and with costs. From this judgment the defendant appealed.

It appears that shortly prior to the date of the making of the contract upon which this action is founded, the defendant's father, Don Lucio Ocson, a resident of the...