Shaffer v. Shaffer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brogan, Chief-Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether complainant’s solicitors were, under the circumstances of this case, entitled as a matter of right or in the exercise of the Chancellor’s discretion to a counsel fee at the hands of the defendant. The unverified bill prayed for separate maintenance. The husband’s answer alleged that the parties had mutually agreed to separate and live apart from each other. Issue was joined by the filing of a replication. No motion for temporary alimony or counsel fee was presented. The parties,…