Grubbs v. Myers

L. F. COTTEY, Special Judge.

Plaintiff’s former husband, as an incident to their divorce in 1954, entered into a property settlement contract by which he agreed to pay $25,000 to plaintiff, and a fee of $5,000 to defendant who was plaintiff»' attorney in the case. Both obligations were to be retired in installments over a period of years, and, in due course, both were discharged in that manner. Immediately after the divorce, apprehending that the delay in collecting her fee might work some hardship on defendant, plaintiff advanced her the full $5,000 upon the understanding that defendant would…