Dannenberg v. Dannenberg

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

The question here presented is the right of an attorney for one of the parties in an action for divorce to enforce a contract providing for a contingent fee.

On March 5, 1937, Irvin J. Dannenberg commenced an action against his wife, Doris Thompson Dannenberg, for a divorce, alleg-' ing as grounds extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty, and that a postnuptial contract settling property rights had been entered into. On May 1, 1937, Mrs. Dannenberg, by F. J. Rayfield as her attorney, filed an answer and cross petition in which she alleged…