Case Name: Dalrymple, by prochien ami, vs. Lamb
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1830-01
Citations: 3 Wend. 424
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dalrymple, by prochien ami, vs. Lamb.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wendell's Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 424–425

Head Matter:
Dalrymple, by prochien ami, vs. Lamb.
A prochien ami must be a person.81 6
Motion that a responsible prochien ami be appointed, or ^at proceedings stay. This suit was commenced by the plaintiff, by his father as his prochien ami who was represented to the court as very poor and wholly irresponsible for the costs of the suit.
P. Gridley, for defendant.
J. A. Spencer, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
By the Court;
Savage, Ch. J.
The próchein ami must be a responsible person. The proceedings must therefore stay until such appointment be made. (Strange, 718. 1 T. R. 491.)