Hays v. Ledman
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment, in favor of the plaintiffs, rendered in the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, ninth district, borough of Manhattan.
1Opinion of the CourtLeventritt, J.
The plaintiffs had recovery below for the value of legal services rendered by them on behalf of the defendant’s wife in an action for separation instituted by him against her. The question presented on this appeal is whether the action will lie.
It is undisputed that services were rendered to the wife, and we do not think the amount sued for and recovered unreasonable. There was a conflict of testimony whether the wife was possessed of independent means, the plaintiffs offering proof to show that she was penniless and in necessitous circumstances, while the defendant claimed that she had…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Naumer v. GrayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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