Rogers v. Sykes

MAYFIELD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree rendered by the Circuit Court of Choctaw County, in Equity.

The complainant-appellant is a practicing attorney and solicitor in Choctaw County, Alabama. The complainant represented Annie Wiley Sykes in an action of divorce against her husband, Charlie Hale Sykes, who did not employ counsel. It is not disputed that the complaining solicitor represented and protected his client’s interests with a high degree of professional competency.

By the terms of a voluntary property agreement, dated 27 December 1952, the husband Sykes agreed to pay the…