Wallace v. Leroy
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Action by George S. Wallace against Citarles Leroy. Judgment for defendant, and plainiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POFFENBARGER, JuDG-E:
This case is governed by legal principles applicable to contracts made by persons affected by the disability of infancy. Charles Leroy, an orphan boy, dependent upon his own resources for a living, owned and managed a cigar stand in the Florentine Hotel at Huntington, West Virginia, prior to May 29, 1902, and became indebted to a number of persons and firms for cigars, board, rent and other things. Having become embarassed, he gave his creditors worthless checks, moved part of his stock into the basement of an adjoining building, prepared to leave the city, and, on the…
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