Goodyear Loan Company v. Little

This is a civil action for a declaratory judgment. The amended complaint sets forth the following. On or about January 7, 1969, Joseph G. Yates, an incompetent adult over whose person and estate Francis E. Little, Jr., a defendant herein, had been appointed guardian, purchased a 1969 Chevrolet Impala motor vehicle from Nor-wood Motor Company. Yates borrowed the purchase price of $3,300 from the plaintiff, Goodyear Loan Company, which was not then aware of the guardianship proceedings and did not learn of them until a few months later. That knowledge prompted it to demand payment of $3,300…