Weidlich v. Richards

Plaintiff, an attorney, brought this action to recover the reasonable value of legal services rendered to defendant’s wife in a separation action, in which the complaint was dismissed on the merits after trial and defendant was granted a separation on his counterclaim. The trial court in the marital litigation found that the separation was entirely voluntary on the wife’s part and not through any fault of defendant and that the wife had willfully abandoned defendant without any justification.

No application was made for a counsel fee pendente lite, but an application for temporary alimony was…