Osborn

Plaintiff brought this action to recover the sum of fifteen hundred dollars as the reasonable value of legal services rendered by plaintiff’s assignor to defendant. The services rendered by plaintiff’s sssignor were rendered by him: 1. In representing the defendant, as his attorney, in an action for divorce brought against him by his wife in the latter part of the year 1901 or the early part of the year 1902, which action was finally terminated in the early part of the year 1902 by a dismissal by plaintiff of her action; 2. In representing the superior court of San Francisco, on behalf of defendant, in a proceeding instituted in this court by defendant’s wife to prohibit said superior court from proceeding with the trial of said divorce action after her dismissal thereof, which proceeding in prohibition was terminated by judgment of this court on June 13, 1902; and 3. In representing defendant, as his attorney, in an action brought against him by his wife for maintenance and support, commenced shortly after the termination of the prohibition proceedings, and pending undetermined at the date of the commencement of this action, which was December 31, 1906. The action for maintenance…