16 Kan. 29 | Kan. | 1876
The opinion of the court was delivered by
In 1868 an action was commenced by defendant in error before a justice of the peace against plaintiff in error and his father. In that action judgment was rendered against both defendants. This judgment was appealed to the district court, and upon a trial judgment was there rendered against plaintiff in error alone. During all these proceedings no guardian ad litem was appointed for plaintiff in error, and in the district court no appearance was made by him. Subsequently, alid in 1871, plaintiff in error filed his petition to have this judgment set aside, alleging that he was a minor during all those proceedings, that no guardian ad litem had been appointed, that he was absent at the time of
For this error the judgment must be reversed, and the case remanded for a new. trial.