Kerrigan v. Langstaff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Lewis G. Langstaff, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 26th day of March, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion to set aside an order bearing date the 23d day of February, 1901, and entered in said clerk’s office, in so far as it granted leave to the plaintiff to prosecute as a poor person.
1Opinion of the Court
Sewell, J.:
The plaintiff is an infant under the age of fourteen years, and the application and petition were made by William Kerrigan, his father. The petition sets forth the age of the infant, and on information and belief the cause of the action intended to be brought; that the petitioner is desirous that an action be brought for the benefit and on behalf of the infant to recover damages for personal injuries from negligence; that the petitioner is willing to become guardian ad litem of said infant and financially' responsible; that petitioner desires to commence an action in behalf of the…
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