Judgment insofar as it awards counsel fees to plaintiff's attorney in the amount of $550 unanimously reversed, without costs, and matter remitted to Special Term for further proceedings in accordance with the following memorandum: Defendant husband appeals from that portion of the judgment which awarded $550 counsel fees to his plaintiff wife's attorney in a default divorce action. The defendant husband contends that he was indigent and, therefore, qualified to receive and...
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