Gallin v. Stafford

Order of the Appellate Term and judgment of the City Court reversed on the law, without costs; and judgment directed for the plaintiff upon an assessment of damages to be made in the City Court. Plaintiff sues defendant for legal services to the defendant’s wife as necessaries in a successful application by the wife in 1957 to modify in her favor a judgment of separation entered in 1947 and for successful opposition to a cross application by defendant to modify the judgment in his favor. No application was made by the wife for counsel fees in these applications which were determined after a…