Kelley v. Faulhaber

This is an appeal by the defendant Mary J, Faulhaber, wife of the co-defendant Philip Faulhaber, from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff against both defendants.

The action was on an assigned claim for professional services alleged to have been rendered by James 0. de La Mare, an attorney and counsellor, to the defendants. There is no dispute as to the rendition and value of the services. The question is whether they Were rendered to Philip Faulhaber, the husband, the wife merely acting in respect to the employment as his agent; or whether the work was done on the retainer of both defendants…