Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp. v. Chandler

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice BeEase.

The defendant, an infant a little over twenty years of age at the time, gave to the plaintiff a promissory note, the payment of which was secured by a mortgage of real estate, the legal title to which was in the defendant. The consideration of the mortgage debt was the purchase price of fertilizers sold to the defendant, as alleged, to be used by him in his agricultural pursuits. The debt not having been paid in full, plaintiff instituted this action for foreclosure of the mortgage. The plea of infancy was set up by the…