Parker v. Baker
New York Court of Chancery
The complainant, when an infant of the age of eighteen years, made a contract with the defendant Baker, for the purchase of his interest in a lot of land situate in Buffalo. Baker’s interest in the land was an interest under a contract for the purchase thereof.
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The complainant, when an infant of the age of eighteen years, made a contract with the defendant Baker, for the purchase of his interest in a lot of land situate in Buffalo. Baker’s interest in the land was an interest under a contract for the purchase thereof. The complainant was to pay for Baker’s interest as follows : 1. By procuring a receipt from his father, Aaron Parker, for an amount owing by the defendant Baker to the father. 2. By giving to the defendant Baker his own notes for the balance of the purchase money, payable in three yearly payments, with his father, Aaron Parker, as…
1Opinion of the Court
The Vice Chancellor.
There are two grounds of action set forth in the bill of complaint in this cause: 1. The infancy of the complainant at the time the contract was made. 2. Fraud and fraudu- . . lent misrepresentation and concealment on the part of the defendant Baker. The last cause of action is fully denied by the answer of Baker. It seems that the complainant made, while an infant, a contract with the defendant Baker for the purchase of land, and obtained his father’s security upon notes given in payment for such purchase. It was doubtless competent for the complainant, after he became of…
2Cited by1 opinion
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