Boden v. Boden

COMBS, Justice.

Messrs. Brents Dickinson and Cecil C. Wilson represented Jewell B. Boden in a divorce case against her husband, Sam D. Boden, Jr., in the Barren Circuit Court. Upon determination of the case Mrs. Boden’s attorneys were allowed, as a joint attorney fee to be paid by the defendant, Sam Boden, the sum of $2,500. It is contended on this appeal that the allowance is excessive.

The divorce case was filed by Mrs. Boden on January 12, 1952 and final judgment was entered December 21, 1953. She first asked for divorce from bed and board, but after she and her husband agreed on a property…