Case Name: In the matter of Sharp against Joseph Pell, Sarah his Wife, and Daniel Trembly, in partition
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1813-10
Citations: 10 Johns. 486
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the matter of Sharp against Joseph Pell, Sarah his Wife, and Daniel Trembly, in partition.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 492–492

Head Matter:
In the matter of Sharp against Joseph Pell, Sarah his Wife, and Daniel Trembly, in partition.
*11 JJIH fft’*U4ty where an in-rested,8 a’"peaáScm m»it by the^court^ under the act. cient "hat'the petition,“"¿o. are served on his testamen• tary, or other thin™SUar" Inproceedings
T. A. EMMET presented the petition of Sharp, and moved „4 1 L ___ that commissioners be appointed to make partition, &c. The affidavit of the service of the petition and notice, stated that copies had been personally served on Joseph Pell and on Sarah HeZ/, as the testamentary guardians of Daniel Trembly.
Mulligan, contra,
, objected to the sufficiency of the service, He said that a guardian ad litem ought to have been appointed, and the service made on such guardian.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We have frequently decided, in relation to the proceedings in partition, where an infant is concerned, that a guardian ad litem must be appointed under the act. It is not sufficient that the testamentary or other general guardian is made a party. The infant must, therefore, name and apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem, in this case, or the court will appoint a guardian for him.
See Matter ef Stratton and others, (1 Johns. Rep. 509.)