Bicknell v. Bicknell

The action is in favor of Jane A. Bicknell against Rachel A. Bicknell and George O. Bicknell, both infants under the age of twenty-one years. The mother of the defendants is dead, and the plaintiff is their step-mother. The action is for money had and received, and for money lent. The answer is signed by the defendants’ attorney, which is an irregularity, and the plaintiff’s husband is their guardian ad litem. Such an appointment should never be made, for the guardian ad litem should always be a disinterested person, with no interests to regard except those of the infant defendants.

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