McMillan v. Hunnicutt

1. One of the main propositions argued by-counsel for the plaintiffs was, that a guardian ad litem, duly appointed, could not consent to the trial of an equity ease at the first term of the court. .Section 4848 of the Civil Code authorizes “parties to proceedings for equitable relief” by consent to try cases at the first term. "When infants are brought into a court by proper service, the law presumes that they are incapable of conducting or controlling their side of the case, and therefore wisely provides for the appointment of a guardian ad litem to conduct, control, and direct the case so…