Case Name: Ora G. Lawbaugh, Plaintiff, v. Grace A. Sweeney and Others, Defendants; The City National Bank of Binghamton, as Committee of Annie E. Hawkins, an Incompetent, Appellant; Charles Barnwell Straut, Jr., and Others, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1934-12-07
Citations: 242 A.D. 500
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ora G. Lawbaugh, Plaintiff, v. Grace A. Sweeney and Others, Defendants. The City National Bank of Binghamton, as Committee of Annie E. Hawkins, an Incompetent, Appellant; Charles Barnwell Straut, Jr., and Others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 242
Pages: 500–500

Head Matter:
Ora G. Lawbaugh, Plaintiff, v. Grace A. Sweeney and Others, Defendants. The City National Bank of Binghamton, as Committee of Annie E. Hawkins, an Incompetent, Appellant; Charles Barnwell Straut, Jr., and Others, Respondents.
First Department,
December 7, 1934.
Gustav Lange, Jr., of counsel [Hinman, Howard & Kattell, attorneys], for the appellant.
Edward M. Swinburne, special guardian of infants and incompetents, for the respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The record does not disclose that Annie E. Hawkins, the incompetent, was served with process as a defendant in the action or that she appeared therein. There was, therefore, no necessity for the appointment of a special guardian for her.
The order so far as appealed from should be reversed, with twenty dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion in said respect denied, with leave to the respondents to renew the motion upon proof that the incompetent was served with process or appeared in the action.
Present — Finch, P. J., Merrell, Martin, O'Malley and Untermyer, JJ.
Order so far as appealed from reversed, with twenty dollars costs and disbursements, and motion denied, with leave to the respondents to renew the motion upon proof that the incompetent was served with process or appeared in the action.