Grimstad v. Johnson
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Yellowstone County; Charles A. Taylor, Judge. Action by O. K. Grimstad and Rodrwood Brown, copartners under the firm name and style of Grimstad & Brown, against John A. and Clara E. Johnson. From a judgment in favor of the former, plaintiffs appeal.
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Appeal from District Court, Yellowstone County; Charles A. Taylor, Judge. Action by O. K. Grimstad and Rodrwood Brown, copartners under the firm name and style of Grimstad & Brown, against John A. and Clara E. Johnson. From a judgment in favor of the former, plaintiffs appeal. The only question in this action is whether or not attorneys for the wife can recover from her husband for services rendered at her instance and. request in a divorce proceeding which she voluntarily commenced and later had dismissed. The district court held that he was not liable. It conclusively appears that the aid…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
On October 1, 1918, Clara E. Johnson, through the plaintiffs, her attorneys, brought an action in the district court of Yellowstone county against John A. Johnson, her husband, for a divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty. Upon filing the complaint, she made an application for an order requiring the defendant to show why he should not pay her alimony pending the action, including suit money and counsel fees. The application disclosed that she was in ill health and without means to support herself or to pay counsel for services necessary to enable her to prosecute the action. It further…
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