Stanton's Heirs v. Pollard
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
In error from the northern district chancery court at Fulton ; Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. The opinion of the court contains a statement of the facts of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yerger
The decree in this case must be reversed, and the cause be remanded. An answer, purporting to be filed by a guardian ad litem, for the infant heir of Stanton, appears in the record. But there is no order of the court appointing a guardian ad litem, nor was the infant heir ever within the jurisdiction of the court, by process executed personally, or publication made. The 22d rule of the chancery court provides that “ no order appointing a guardian ad 'litem, to defend infant defendants, will be made, until after the return day of process executed, or until after publication, in case of…
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