Isnard v. Cazeaux

*The Chancellor :—It does not distinctly appear from the authorities cited, what is the practice in the English Court of Chancery, as to giving notice of the application to prosecute in forma pauperis, after the defendant has appeared. It is stated in Harrison’s Prac. 390, and Wyatt’s Prac. Reg. 319, that on presenting the petition, if no cause appears against it, the order is directed to be entered agreeably to the prayer of the petition; which seems to imply that the adverse party may appear and oppose, or show cause against the application. But whatever may have been the English practice,…