Supreme Court of Pennsylvania May 3, 1926, Appeal, 164 (Hempstead v. Meadville Theological School)

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

As a general rule in Pennsylvania each party to adversary litigation is required to pay his own counsel fees.. As stated by Gibson, J., in Alexander v. Herr, 11 Pa. 537, “if clients could pay attorney’s fees out of the pockets of their opponents, they would pay most liberally.