CHAPMAN v. GILES

18011.

209 Ga. 514 (1953)

74 S.E.2d 247

CHAPMAN v. GILES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 13, 1953.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Hatcher, Rhudy & Meyerson, for plaintiff in error.

Shirley C. Boykin, D. S. Strickland and Robert J. Noland, contra.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

"Persons not sui juris may appear either by guardian or next friend or guardian ad litem appointed by the court. In the latter two cases the court may require such bond as shall protect the interest of the person under disability." Code, § 37-1003. The foregoing clause expressly authorizes the maintenance of a suit in the name of a minor by next friend. It is not permissible, therefore, to question this statutory right. In the present...

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