Lanyon's Detective Agency, Inc. v. Cochrane

Merrell, J.:

The action was brought by the plaintiff against the appellant and Emma E. Cochrane, the wife of the appellant, to recover for services rendered by the plaintiff as a private detective in shadowing and conducting an investigation of the acts and conduct of the defendant, appellant, during a period from about October, 1921, to on or about the 20th day of February, 1922, and in connection with an action then pending for a separation wherein the said Emma. E. Cochrane was plaintiff and the defendant, appellant, was -defendant. There were two trials of the present action in the City…