Bucknam v. Bucknam

On March 14, 1934, Theresa R. Bucknam, plaintiff nisi and for convenience sometimes designated appellant here, obtained a divorce from Robert H. Bucknam, in Jackson County, Missouri. The decree awarded her the custody of their minor son, David Horton Bucknam, born February 19, 1933, $150 monthly alimony and $50 monthly maintenance for the son. She, experiencing difficulty in collecting the alimony and maintenance, in the latter part of 1934 employed Francis C. Downey, an attorney, movant nisi and for convenience so designated, to collect said alimony and maintenance. On June 10, 1939, a…