D. H. Holmes Co. v. Rena

The question before us is well stated in the opening paragraph of the brief of counsel for plaintiff-appellant:

"The issue presented by this appeal is whether a minor who has purchased and received clothing and accessories may, without returning them, even after her emancipation by marriage several months later, escape liability for payment of their price on the ground of her general contractual incapacity at the time the purchases were made."

D. H. Holmes Co., Ltd., is a Louisiana corporation which operates a large department store in New Orleans. Mrs. Bettie J. Rena, now the wife of Charles…