Lane v. Dayton

This is a suit at law by an infant for damages alleged to have been sustained by the negligent killing of her husband. Defendant’s eighth plea was accord and satisfaction — that it had paid plaintiff $150 in cash and other consideration, aggregating $200, in full satisfaction of her claim, before 'the institution of this suit. The plaintiff demurred to this plea on the ground that the declaration showed that plaintiff was, and still is, an infant, and hence was not bound by such an executed contract, and was not bound to refund, or tender with the plea, the consideration received; but she…