Jones v. Caldwell

Did enactment of § 24 of the Uniform Sales Act change the common-law rale in Arkansas that an infant may disaffirm a contract of sale of personal property and recover the property from a third party who was an innocent purchaser for value without notice from the infant’s transferee? "We hold that § 24 of Act 428 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1941 (Ark. Stats., 1947, § 68-1424) did change the common-law rule and that is determinative of this appeal.

On October 28, 1948, Renaford Caldwell, a minor, by Rena S. Caldwell, as next friend, brought this action against Herbert and Kent Jones,…