Pollack v. Pollack

The appellant Alvin J. Pollack obtained a divorce in Mexico from his wife the appellee Evelyn Pollack, and subsequently married another woman. By the present suit filed in Dade County, Evelyn Pollack sought and obtained a decree invalidating her husband’s Mexican divorce and which, in view thereof, duly noted the invalidity of his subsequent marriage. The chancellor awarded a fee to the plaintiff’s attorney, and by this appeal Alvin Pollack seeks reversal of that ruling.

We hold that allowance of the attorney’s fee was unauthorized in this case, on the authority of Kittel v. Kittel, Fla.…