Whipple v. Mahler

There is but one question for decision here — whether the trial court erred in refusing defendants’ motion for opening a default judgment against both of them and for leave to answer.

The action was brought to recover attorney’s fees claimed to have been earned in a divorce action. In his complaint plaintiff alleges that “on and between April 9, 1935 and July 23, 1938, said plaintiff, at the special instance and request of defendant Evelyn Mahler performed professional services for her in procuring a divorce from the defendant, William Mahler”; that “said services rendered were of the…