Stark v. Procida

This action has been brought to recover the reasonable value of legal services rendered in behalf of defendant’s wife asserted to be necessaries.

The services claimed are divided in three categories: (1) the making of several applications in the Supreme Court for an increase of alimony awarded after final decree and for leave to appeal, in each instance accompanied with an application for an award of counsel fee, (2) the defense of an action brought against both husband and wife by a doctor and (3) the conducting of negotiations for a settlement in the modification of the decree.

The defendant…