Dreier v. Pomeroy

Defendant, a married woman, living separate and apart from her husband, called on Harvey Rothberg, a solicitor of this court, on March 16th, 1927, and retained him to institute and prosecute a suit for divorce from her husband — agreeing to pay him $1,000 for such services, and to give him a bond and mortgage to secure such payment, payable in six months, covering real estate which had come to her individually from a former husband. She executed and delivered such bond and mortgage on April 14th, 1927; complainant, by mesne assignments is the holder thereof and sues to foreclose the mortgage…