Bachelder v. Parker

This appeal is undertaken from the the ruling of the trial court below on a motion to vacate and set aside a judgment. The action in which the original judgment was entered was a suit for annulment brought by Edith Parker, plaintiff, in her maiden name against Jacob Reiss, defendant, and was based upon an alleged void marriage because of a previously undissolved marriage of defendant.

The plaintiff filed a dismissal of her complaint in vacation. The appellants herein, who were Parker’s attorneys, then filed a petition for fees. The lower court on the following day dismissed the cause. A…