Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Carr

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The guardian ad litem for the infant defendant in this interpleader action, through his court-appointed attorney, objects to the request served on him by the other defendant for admission of certain facts and of the genuineness of certain documents. He questions the authority of a guardian ad litem to make any admissions on behalf of an infant defendant.

It has long been recognized that “the guardian ad, litem is so appointed, as often to know nothing of the matter himself; and too much caution cannot well be observed, in guarding the rights of infants, not only against…