The provisions of this article shall not be construed to prevent any person from conducting or managing his own case in any court in this state.
(Code 1852, §737; Code 1867, §871; Code 1876, §790; Code 1886, §863; Code 1896, §589; Code 1907, §2981; Code 1923, §6246; Code 1940, T. 46, §41.)