Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1853

Appointing next Friend for Plaintiff being a Minor or Lunatic.

L. In any Case in which the Plaintiff shall be a Minor or Lunatic, and before the filing of the Summons and Plaint as a Pleading, a Consent in Writing, signed by some fit and proper Person, to act as next Friend to such Minor or Lunatic, together with an Affidavit to verify the Signature of such Person, shall be lodged in the Office of the Clerk of the Rules, who shall thereupon enter a Rule that such Person shall be at liberty to sue as next Friend for such Minor or Lunatic, and the Name of such next Friend shall be mentioned in the said Summons and Plaint as next Friend to said Minor or Lunatic: Provided always, that the Court or a Judge shall and may alter or discharge such Rule in case it shall seem necessary or proper.