Smith v. McDonald

Citations

• 42 Cal. 484

Syllabus

<p>Appearance for Inpant DEPENDANTS by Geneeal Guardian.—Where, in a suit against infants, there was no personal service upon them, but their general guardian appeared and defended for them: held, that such appearance gave the Court jurisdiction of their persons.</p> <p>Doctrine op Stare Decisis. — When a rule, by which the title to real property is to be determined, has become established by positive law or by deliberate judicial decision, its inherent correctness or incorrectness, its justice or injustice, in the abstract, are of far less importance than that it should, itself, be constant and invariable.</p>