This is an appeal by defendant from that part of the judgment of the superior court which refuses to require plaintiff to pay defendant a reasonable sum of money for her attorne}^’ fees. The court finds that defendant made a certain contract with one of her attorneys (Henry E. Highton), and further finds upon the subject as follows: “By reason of the contract aforesaid between said Henry E. Highton and the defendant, the defendant is estopped and disentitled to any further allowance for counsel fees in this cause, and such allowance, for this reason, and for this reason alone, is refused. Irrespective of the said contract, the defendant would be entitled to a further allowance for counsel fees down to the date of this finding, as follows, to wit, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; and the defendant, for any further and additional services they may render, would be entitled to a further and additional allowance for counsel fees as might be determined by the court.” And in the judgment the court decrees “that, by reason of the contract between Henry E. Highton, one of her attorneys, and the defendant .... the defendant cannot recover against the plaintiff for counsel fees in this cause; and for this reason alone no allowance is made to her for counsel fees, the reasonable value of which, beyond the payments already made, and apart from any services, if any, to be hereafter rendered, is twelve thousand five hundred dollars.” In another appeal in this same action (White v. White, ante, p. 212), we held that the said contract between defendant and Highton did not preclude the court from making an allowance to defendant for the payment of the services of attorneys employed by her, other than said Highton, provided the services of such other attorneys were necessary, and
Beatty, C. J., Paterson, J., Fox, J., Thornton, J., and Works, J., concurred^