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Robbins v. RobbinsRobbins v. Robbins

Indiana Supreme Court
May 15, 1850
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THIS 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.

The decree is reversed. Cause remanded for further proceedings.

Case Details

Case Name: Robbins v. Robbins
Court Name: Indiana Supreme Court
Date Published: May 15, 1850
Citation: 2 Ind. 74
Court Abbreviation: Ind.
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