Hart v. Day

Facts of Case

An attorney's assignee recovered a judgment for attorneys' fees from a former client, Catherine L. Day, and Mrs. Day appeals. The case arose as follows.

Mrs. Day sued her then husband for divorce. The case was contested. Mrs. Day ultimately prevailed at the trial, and the decree awarded her a divorce, certain of the property of the parties, custody of the children, child support and temporary alimony.

*409Mrs. Day's former husband was also ordered to pay a designated sum for her attorneys' fees and costs. This sum represented some but not all of the fees and costs that she had…