Meyers & Batzell v. Moezie

QUINN, Associate Judge:

Appellant represented appellee’s wife in divorce proceedings which were instituted by appellee on the ground of five years’ voluntary separation. In that action the wife answered her husband’s complaint and counterclaimed for divorce on the ground of desertion. She later filed a motion for temporary alimony, including counsel fees, but before any action had been taken on the motion, she died and the divorce proceedings abated. Appellant instituted this aetion against appellee to recover the value of the services rendered to the wife in the divorce proceedings.…