Backerman v. Coccola
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Elizabeth Coccola, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 16th day of June, 1919, denying her application to revoke the appointment of plaintiff’s guardian ad litem, and for the appointment of a responsible person as guardian, unless the present appointee qualifies by giving security for costs to the defendant in the sum of $250.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action was brought by Charles Backerman, an infant, by Leah Backerman, his guardian ad litem, and is to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the defendant. Leah Backer- ' man is the mother of the infant plaintiff and petitioned to be appointed as guardian ad litem. On this appointment she made an affidavit: “ That she is of sufficient financial ability to answer to the said infant for any damages which may be sustained by her carelessness or negligence in the prosecution of said suit, and is worth at least the sum of…
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