McCabe v. Britton

— The appellant brought the action, alleging in Ms complaint substantially the following facts, to wit: That the defendant Samuel G. Irwin, at the February term, 1875, of the Montgomery Circuit Court, had made application for a divorce from his wife, the defendant Mary J. Irwin; that Mrs. Irwin employed the defendants William P. Britton and Melville W. Bruner, who were attorneys and counsellors at law and partners in the practice, to defend the suit and to present a cross bill, praying, for her, a divorce, alimony and the custody of her children; that afterwards, and pending the suit, Britton…