Easterby v. McIntosh

Citations

• 51 S.C. 393
• 29 S.E. 87
• 1898 S.C. LEXIS 23

Syllabus

<p>1. Minor — Summons.—Failure to serve a minor in partition may be cured by proper proceedings afterwards.</p> <p>2. Ibid. — Judgment—Irregularity—A Guardian Ad Litem may be appointed for a minor over fourteen upon petition signed by another for him within twenty days after service of process, or if upon application of another within said time, it is a mere irregularity which the judgment cures.</p> <p>3. Ibid. — Guardian Ad Litem. — The mother with whom a minor under fourteen resides, who has no general or testamentary guardian, is the proper person to petition for appointment of guardian ad litem, and should do so before expiration of twenty days after service.</p>