Hines v. Cheshire

This is an action brought on behalf of a minor by his father as guardian ad litem, to disaffirm and rescind a contract to purchase an automobile and recover the purchase price. The jury returned a verdict for defendants and judgment was entered accordingly. Plaintiff has appealed.

The principal question presented is whether disaffirmance and recovery of the purchase price is precluded by the fact that the father personally obligated himself to pay a portion of the purchase price after the car had been repossessed by the seller.

The minor, Alan Hines, purchased a 1941 used Pontiac sedan from…