Lister v. Gossett

Taylor, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from an Order of the County Court of Greenville County affirming the Report of the Master that the sale of certain property sold in partition at public auction in which respondents owned an interest should be set aside as respondents are non compos mentis and were not represented in said sale by a guardian ad litem.

Section 10-236, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1952, Cumulative Supplement, deals with the appointment of a guardian ad litem in such cases and provides the method whereby the rights of persons non compos mentis may be adjudicated, as follows:

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