Wise v. Truck Insurance Exchange

— Plaintiffs, Joe B. and Geraldine Wise, appeal from an order granting a motion for summary judgment dismissing the defendants, Truck Insurance Exchange and Richard and Ardith Jarvis. The propriety of the summary judgment presents the sole issue on appeal. The determination of this issue hinges upon the legal effect of a minor’s disaffirmance of an automobile purchase subsequent to an accident involving the vehicle.

Viewing the record most favorably to plaintiffs, we note the following essential facts. In mid-May 1969, plaintiffs’ 14-year-old son, Alvin, with his father’s consent, traded his…