Kahn v. Ronson

Plaintiff, a lawyer, sues to recover from defendant as a necessary the reasonable value of legal services (1) rendered to the defendant’s wife in connection with legal proceedings between the defendant and his wife involving visitation rights and habeas corpus and (2) rendered to the defendant’s issue in connection: with child neglect proceedings. The defendant appeared pro se.

As to (1), legal services rendered to a wife in defending a habeas corpus proceeding brought by her husband with respect to custody or visitation constitute a necessary for which the husband may be held liable, despite…