Walker v. Stokes Bros. & Co.

The controlling question in this case is whether a minor, in order to exercise his election to avoid his contract of suretyship, must affirmatively disavow it in a reasonable time after attaining his majority.

The suit was by appellees against appellant and C. C. Walker, upon a joint note of the defendants, and to foreclose a chattel mortgage executed by defendant C. C. Walker, as security for the note. The trial was to the court without a jury, and the judgment was against both defendants for $400.58, and against C. C. Walker foreclosing the mortgage. S. V. Walker alone has-appealed.

The note…