Haug v. Hewitt

In this case, an action brought on behalf of an infant, I am asked to approve a settlement agreed upon between the plaintiff’s special guardian and the defendant, and to direct that the amount thereof, less attorney’s fees, be paid to the infant’s general guardian, who, as I understand from counsel’s statement, has' been appointed by the Surrogate’s Court, without bond, pursuant to the provisions of section 2650 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as enacted in the Surrogate’s Practice Act of 1914 (Laws of 1914, chap. 520), which took effect on September first. In *68my opinion it is not for the…