Estate of Devoe
Opinion of the Court
The testator left him surviving a wife, an infant son, and a son by a former wife. The elder son is executor. Upon the hearing of the probate of the will an attorney was appointed by the Court to represent the infant son. The wife and the attorney for the infant son filed a contest. The con
Held, an attorney appointed by the Court cannot waive any right of his ward: the infant was not bound by the acts of the attorney. Objection overruled.
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