Superior Court of New Hampshire December 15, 1850 (Dow v. Jewell)

Gilchrist, C. J.

It is the duty of a guardian ad litem, to ascertain from the infant and his friends, or from other proper sources of information, what are the legal and equitable rights *487of his ward. And it is the special duty of the guardian to bring those rights directly under the consideration of the court for decision.