Barnett v. Barnett

Mr. Presiding Justice Wheat

delivered the opinion of the court.

Letha Barnett, plaintiff appellant, filed her petition in the circuit court of Sangamon county, Illinois, against her former husband, Orval F. Barnett, defendant appellee, entitled, “Petition to fix expenses, money advanced by plaintiff and her attorneys and agents, attorney’s fees, in Circuit Court, in Appellate Court and in the Supreme Court, in the trial of this case and court costs,” in which the allowance of $2,828 was requested. The trial court allowed her the sum of $350 with reference to attorney’s fees in a prior appeal to…