Lavaysse v. Superior Court

The petitioners herein are husband and wife, and were parties to a divorce action brought by the wife and subsequently dismissed by her with the written consent of her attorney. By this proceeding in certiorari they seek to have annulled two orders of the superior court made subsequent to the dismissal of the action, granting two motions presented by the wife’s attorney in his own behalf. One was a motion to vacate the dismissal of the action, and the other was for the allowance of additional attorney’s fees. It is evident that the validity of the second order depends upon the validity of the…