Hamm v. Howard

This case involves a decree by the Chancellor awarding to appellees Howard and Whitsitt, attorneys at law, a fee of $200, the award being against both Hoe Hamm and his wife Mrs. Marie Hamm. Only Mrs. Hamm appeals.

On March 12, 1949, appellee Howard filed for Hoe Hamm a bill in equity for an accounting and dissolution of partnership against Mrs. Hamm. At that time Hamm and his wife had been separated for one week. Previously they had worked together in a liquor store, inherited by her from a former husband, in which the bill asserted that they were partners. Appellee Whitsitt became associated…