WEISS v. MELNICOVE

[No. 112, September Term, 1958.]

218 Md. 571 (1959)

147 A.2d 763

WEISS v. MELNICOVE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Berman and Sigmund Levin, with whom were Melvin J. Sykes and Theodore B. Berman on the brief, for the appellant.

Joseph S. Kaufman for the appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.


HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from a judgment in an action for legal services rendered, tried by the court without a jury, against a husband and in favor of an attorney who had represented the wife in negotiations looking towards a property settlement and separation agreement, which did not come to fruition. The appellant contends that the services rendered were not "necessaries", and that no implied promise to pay can be raised...

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