Eddens v. Eddens

In 1936 Della Eddens filed a suit for divorce in the court below against William Lee Eddens. During the pendency of the suit orders were entered requiring the defendant husband to pay to the plaintiff’s counsel $100 on account of fees for services rendered in the proceeding. On November 19, 1937, a final decree was entered granting the wife a divorce a vinculo on the ground of desertion. By the terms of the decree the defendant was ordered to pay to the plaintiff $131.80, the balance of accrued court costs, and to her attorney the sum of $200 for the balance of his fee *515for services in the…