Zent v. Sullivan

Citations

• 47 Wash. 315
• 91 P. 1088
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 759

Syllabus

<p>Husband and Wipe—Necessaries—Divorce—Wipe’s Contract por Attorney’s Fees. The husband is not liable upon the contract of his wife to pay attorney’s fees for the prosecution of a divorce, the same not being “necessaries” in view of the liberal provisions of Bal. Code, § 5722, relegating the matter to the trial judge.</p> <p>Same—Evidence—Sufficiency. In an action against a husband, after settlement of a divorce case, for attorney’s fees contracted for by the wife in the divorce action, a nonsuit is properly granted where the contract shows on its face that it was intended as the individual obligation of the wife in addition to fees allowed by the court, and where there was a failure to show the value of the services, or that there were reasonable and justifiable grounds for the divorce.</p>