First State Bank of Oakwood v. Edwards

Appellant sued appellee on his promissory note for $137.50 and for the foreclosure of a mortgage on two mules he had also given to secure it. His defense, after admitting the execution of the note and mortgage, was a plea of minority at the time the instruments were executed by him, that they were not given for necessaries and that he promptly disaffirmed the contracts on becoming of age. The cause was tried before a jury under a charge in effect simply directing a verdict for the defendant, if it was found he was a minor at the time the note and mortgage were given, and that he had not since…