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2 Ind. 74

Robbins v. Robbins

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1850

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1850-05-15

Relies on Hough v. Canby

Cited in Bouvier (1914)’s definition of “Guardian Ad Litem”

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1850-05-15

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Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently March 1960

9 state decisions

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¶1THIS was a bill in chancery to correct a mistake in a deed. A part of the defendants were infants. No process appears to have been served upon these infants, but a guardian ad litem was appointed, who, the record states, waived the service of the process on them. This he could not do — see Hough v. Canby, 8 Blackf. 301 — unless the heirs were present in Court, which does not appear, and, on error, cannot be presumed. For this error we are compelled to reverse the decree below, with costs.

¶2The decree is reversed. Cause remanded for further proceedings.

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