Case Name: STEELMAN against COX
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1810-02
Citations: 3 N.J.L. 644
Docket Number: 
Parties: STEELMAN against COX.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 225–225

Head Matter:
STEELMAN against COX.
OH CBBTIOBAKI.
The action below was brought by Cox, against Cumming Steelman; as the defendant was under age, his father, Andrew Steelman, appeared in his behalf before the justice, as guardian to his son; the cause was tried by a jury, and verdict for the plaintiff, $6.07. On this verdict the justice rendered judgment against Andrew Steelman, guardian of Gumming Steelman.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The judgment is erroneous; [478] Andrew Steelman was not a party to the suit; judgment could not be rendered against him, any more than against an attorney on a verdict against his principal.
•] udgment reversed.