Rudes v. Field

' This suit was brought by Annie Rose Field, as legal guardian of her minor son, William E. Field, Jr., to cancel a lease contract executed by her individually and as “natural guardian of W. E. Field, Jr.” The instrument leased a lot and improvements in the. City of San Antonio to George A. Rudes and J. M. Sauter for a term of seven years. As ground for cancellation, Mrs. Field alleged that at the time the lease was signed her son was a minor without a legal guardian and she had no authority to: make the lease. The trial court upheld the validity of the lease, but on appeal the Court of Civil…