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Rapp v. Goerlitz

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Mar 23, 1942
314 Ill. App. 189 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)

Opinion

Gen. No. 41,820. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed March 23, 1942

GUARDIANS AD LITEM AND NEXT FRIENDS, § 1necessity to appoint. In an ex parte trial, where the evidence was that at the time of the accident in which deceased was injured, and the time of the suit, trial and entry of judgment, one defendant was a minor of 19 years of age, it was reversible error for the court to proceed to judgment without appointing a guardian ad litem to defend the minor.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from Superior Court of Cook county; Hon. WILLIAM J. LINDSAY, presiding.

Reversed and remanded. Heard in first division, first district, this court at October term, 1941.

Harry A. Biossat and William Chones, for appellant;

Chadwick, Johnson Leone, for appellee;

Win. H. Chadwick and A. Andrew Leone, of counsel.


"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed March 23, 1942.


Summaries of

Rapp v. Goerlitz

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Mar 23, 1942
314 Ill. App. 189 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)
Case details for

Rapp v. Goerlitz

Case Details

Full title:Jay W. Rapp, Administrator of Estate of George Tong, Deceased, Appellee…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Mar 23, 1942

Citations

314 Ill. App. 189 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)
40 N.E.2d 766