Naumer v. Gray
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John Naumer, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 22d day of November, 1897, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
This action is brought to recover the value of legal services rendered to one Mary 0. Gray, the wife of the defendant, in the institution and prosecution of an action by her against the defendant for a separation upon the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. The trial court held that such an action could not be maintained,, and dismissed the complaint, and from the judgment entered on that decision this- appeal is taken.
It is conceded by both learned counsel that, under the law in, England,, a solicitor who, in good faith and on- probable cause,, carries on or defends a wife’s…
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