Opinion ID: 1109960
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Heading: on motion of appellee's attorneys for allowance of solicitors' fee

Text: This case was before us during the March 1957 Term of this Court on appeal by Thomas Hardy Blount from a decree of the Chancery Court of Neshoba County rendered in favor of Mrs. Billie Ruth Blount in a suit for a divorce and alimony. The decree of the lower court was affirmed by us on June 3, 1957. The appellee's attorneys have filed a motion for the allowance of an additional solicitor's fee for legal services rendered by them on behalf of the appellee on said appeal. The motion has been filed by the attorneys in their  own names and on their own behalf, and not in the name of the appellee. (Hn 13) This Court has held that an application for the allowance of attorney's fee for legal services rendered on behalf of the wife in a divorce suit must be made in the name and on behalf of the wife, and that if such allowance is made it should be made to the wife. Parker v. Parker, 71 Miss. 164, 14 So. 459. An award made to the wife for the payment of attorney's fees is made to her and not made directly to the attorneys who represent her. Rees v. Rees, 188 Miss. 256, 193 So. 334. (Hn 14) The motion filed by the appellee's attorneys for the allowance of an additional attorneys' fee is therefore dismissed, without prejudice to the appellee's right to file a proper motion for the allowance of such attorneys' fee within fifteen days from this date, if she desires to file such motion. All Justices concur, except McGehee, C.J., who took no part.