Peirce v. Boucher

Action of contract in which the plaintiff seeks to recover money paid, and the value of an automobile turned in, on account of the purchase price of an automobile sold to the plaintiff by the defendants. At the time of the sale of the automobile to the plaintiff and at the time of bringing the writ in this action, the plaintiff was a minor.

The answer is a general denial, a plea of payment, and a statement of matters purporting to amount to an equitable *454defense under General Laws, Chapter 231, Section 31; this statement sets out that-the plaintiff falsely and fraudulently represented his age…