Gastonia Personnel Corporation v. Rogers

Under the common law, persons, whether male or female, are classified and referred to as infants until they attain the age of twenty-one years. 42 Am. Jur. 2d, Infants § 3; 43 C.J.S., Infants § 2.

“By the fifteenth century it seems to have been well settled that an infant’s bargain was in general void at his election (that is voidable), and also that he was liable for necessaries.” 2 Williston, Contracts § 223 (3rd ed. 1959).

An early commentary on the common law, after the general statement that contracts made by persons (infants) before attaining the age of twenty-one “may be avoided,” sets…