Case ID: johns_2/html/0192-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      B'er Curiam.\n    ", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Mockey against Grey.
    The error assigned on the return to the certiorari in this cause was, that the defendant below was an infant, and appeared by attorney, not by guardian.
    A justice of the; peace may appoint a guardian ad litem; & if ait infant appear by attorney, it is error.
    
      H. Bleeclcer, for the plaintiff in error.
    
      Cady, contra.
   B'er Curiam.

It is error in all other courts, for an infant to appear by attorney. . There is no reason why the same rule should not apply to a justice’s court. The power of appointing a guardian, ad litem, is incident to every court, and a justice must possess this power. The judgment below must be reversed.

Judgment reversed.