COHEE v. RITCHEY


150 A.2d 830 (1959)

Nelson COHEE, Jr., an infant by Nelson Cohee, Sr., his next friend, and Nelson Cohee, Sr., in his own right as father of Nelson Cohee, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Willis C. RITCHEY, Defendant.

Superior Court of Delaware, Kent.

April 27, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Bush, III, and Harrison F. Turner, both of Dover, for plaintiff.

Houston Wilson, of Georgetown, for defendant.


STIFTEL, Judge.

Plaintiff, Nelson Cohee, Jr., is a minor who was injured in a collision between his bicycle and an automobile driven by the defendant, on September 11, 1956. Suit was filed for the infant by his next friend, Nelson Cohee, Sr., on September 10, 1957. There was no judicial appointment of a next friend. A request for judicial appointment of the next friend was made at the argument on this motion, on April 17, 1959. This request was opposed by defendant...

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