Legal Opinion

Potter v. Potter

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Perry County

Decided October 18, 1941No. 157Published

1Opinion of the Court

Rice, P. J.,

Plaintiff was a minor at the time this action was brought and has not yet arrived at full age. The action was originally brought in her own name alone, and later the style of the action was, without leave of court, amended so that plaintiff is “Geraldine Anna Potter, by her father and next friend, J. P. Reichert.” Clearly, the style of the action is not in compliance with Pa. R. C. P. 2028(a), according to which it should be: “Geraldine Anna Potter, a minor, by J. P. Reichert, her guardian”. Paragraph (b) of this same rule is also violated in that the libel, which is the initial…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Arnout's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  2. Ewing v. EwingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. Price v. PriceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Mallory's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  5. Hartner v. HartnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921

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