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Show BLAIR MUST PAY WIFE : $4500'" Jn the divorce .case of" Julia C l31.air against Preston A. Blair, Judgo How-el! How-el! tills afternoon rendered a decision, deci-sion, granting the plaintiff a divorce, the custody of a minor child, $15 a month alimony for the nupport of the child, J-I.GOO property rights and $200 attorney foes, together with the costs of tho suit. The court statod that the money should bo paid to a trustee appointed by tho court, unless the parties could ngroo on a rcierce. The court alBo stated that the $4,500 should bo paid within a reasonable tlmo, ton days, In cash or securities acceptable to Mrs. Blair and the qourt In rendering the decision, the court Btatod that while reputable attorneys had testitled J,hat the attorney in the coso fihould receive .noo for 'his services, ser-vices, tho court felt ihit the witness, "es, In thejr zeal to help their brother or the profession., had given their Imaginations Im-aginations full sway' and bad placed tho fee too high. The court thoiignt a fee of $200 sufficient. When the attorneys wore asked whether thoy could agree on a trustee the attornoy for the plaintiff staled thnt, unless overruled by his client, he would nsk the supremo court to rovlew arid pass on the decision, Intimating In-timating that Jie was not satisfied with the distribution made of the property. The attorney said that he thought It would not be necessary to appoint a trustee, as the matter would ho taken to the higher court |