Williams v. Williams

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

Application of the principle of public policy was discussed in Keefer v. Keefer, 140 Ga. 18 (78 S. E. 462, 46 L. R. A. (N. S.) 527), decided by the entire bench of six Justices, in which, after institution of suit for alimony, the parties by private agreement resumed their marital relations, and the wife instructed her attorneys by letter to dismiss the case, without offering to pay them for their services. The judge refused to permit the attorneys to proceed for allowance of fees for their services in the case. The judgment refusing allowance of attorney’s fees…