Rule 2030.Setoffs and Counterclaims.

Official Note: Under these rules, the next friend of the minor plaintiff is replaced by a guardian who combines the functions of liability for costs and supervision of the action and whose presence enables the defendant to assert cross or counterclaims against the minor plain- tiff. This prevents a decision such as Hess v. Gerhart, 43 Lanc. 585 (1933), in which it was held that since the minor plaintiff in a trespass case was suing by his next friend the defendant could not make a counterclaim for injuries arising from the same accident and that the appointment of a guardian ad litem to defend against such counterclaim was necessary before such counterclaim could be asserted.