Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1879

Woodman v. Rowe

Woodman v. Rowe
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided December 5, 1879 · Doe, Allen
59 N.H. 453

Woodman v. Rowe

Opinion of the Court

Doe, C. J.

The plaintiff’s guardian or next friend could be made a party by an amendment relating back to the commencement of the suit. But the plaintiff being now of age, an amendment is not necessary.

The parties are bound by their settlement of the estate without administration. Hibbard v. Kent, 15 N. H. 516; Clarke v. Clay, 31 N. H. 393; Ceorge v. Johnson, 45 N. H. 456; Mercer v. Pike, 58 N. H. 286.

Bemurrer overruled.

Allen, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

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