Case Name: In the matter of Ann and Emma Byrne, infants, &c.
Court: New York Court of Chancery
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1831-07
Citations: 1 Edw. Ch. 41
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the matter of Ann and Emma Byrne, infants, &c.
Judges: 
Reporter: Edwards' Chancery Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 41–41

Head Matter:
In the matter of Ann and Emma Byrne, infants, &c.
A guardian of poor infants must be first appointed to defend a suit, before any application can be made to the court for the purpose of their suing as paupers.
Mr. Mulock had entered an order, referring it to a master to report as to the propriety of the above infants defending, as poor persons; and he now, upon the report, asked for an order that they might so defend.
July, 1831.

Opinion:
The Vice-Chancellor
considered the first application ought to be for a guardian ad litem; and declined making any order, in relation to the infants suing as poor persons, until such guardian was before the court.