Thorn v. Kelley

— We granted certiorari to review the taxation against a husband of fees for his wife’s attorneys upon dismissal by the court, after trial, of an action for divorce brought by .the wife.. The husband, defendant in the divorce action, is: plaintiff in this certiorari action. See rule 307, Rules of Civil Procedure.

Plaintiff’s wife sued him for divorce, alleging he had been guilty of such inhuman treatment as to endanger her life. After a contested trial the court’s final decree held plaintiff had failed to carry her. burden to prove such treatment, her petition must be dismissed at defendant’s…