Williams v. Monroe
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 9. On». Pet. APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. The attorneys employed by Mrs. Williams could not maintain suits for their services rendered in behalf of Mrs. Williams.
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Case 9. On». Pet. APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. The attorneys employed by Mrs. Williams could not maintain suits for their services rendered in behalf of Mrs. Williams. The allowance which the attorney of a woman who sues for a divorce and alimony is entitled to upon success, is to be adjudged to her as a part of the costs of the suit, and is to be made by the chancellor granting the prayer of the bill, and is not the grounds of a suit by the attorney or attorneys which she may employ. The principle governing this case is clearly defined' in the case of Billings vs. Pilcher and…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge SnursoN
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought in the Jefferson circuit court by Monroe against Williams for a fee of two *517hundred and fifty dollars, which the plaintiff claimed that the defendant was liable for, on the ground that he had treated his wife with so much cruelty as to render it necessary for her to procure a divorce, which she had done, and that the plaintiff had, at her instance, acted as her attorney at law in the action which she had brought in the Louisville chancery court for that purpose. He also alledged that the labor and services rendered by him…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shelton v. PendletonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1847
- Billing v. PilcherCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1847