Spooner v. Spooner

Mrs. M. M. Spooner filed suit for permanent alimony against B. S. Spooner, her husband. Upon an application for the allowance of temporary alimony, including counsel fees, pending the -suit for permanent alimony, the court awarded Mrs. Spooner a stated sum per month for temporary alimony, and the sum of $3500 for counsel fees. To this judgment the defendant excepted; and the Supreme Court, at the October term, 1918, affirmed the judgment allowing the plaintiff temporary alimony, but on the question of attorney’s fees ruled as follows: “Under all the circumstances of the case the allowance of…