Waxstein v. Brenhouse

Motion for summary judgment by plaintiffs, in an action against husband of a former client for fees for representing the wife in a separation action. The separation action was tried in this court and fees of plaintiffs herein, as attorney for plaintiff therein, were set at $11,000. This sum the husband has not paid. He originally appealed from the order setting the fee, but did not prosecute the appeal and it has been dismissed. Plaintiffs moved in this court, in the separation action, to fix the amount of their attorney’s lien and for a personal judgment against the husband in that action.…