Beickler ex rel. Beickler v. Guenther
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blade Hawk District Court. — HoN. A. S. BlaiR, Judge. The plaintiff, who was born in December, jSSO, purchased four lots of defendant May I, 1899, for which he agreed to pay $650 — $42 in cash and $7 per month thereafter — deferred payments to bear «interest at the rate of sis per cent, per annum. Six payments were made, and he then notified defendant that he would pay no more. The defendant offered to return the $84 paid, with interest, which plaintiff refused.
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Appeal from Blade Hawk District Court. — HoN. A. S. BlaiR, Judge. The plaintiff, who was born in December, jSSO, purchased four lots of defendant May I, 1899, for which he agreed to pay $650 — $42 in cash and $7 per month thereafter — deferred payments to bear «interest at the rate of sis per cent, per annum. Six payments were made, and he then notified defendant that he would pay no more. The defendant offered to return the $84 paid, with interest, which plaintiff refused. They then agreed about March, 1900, that for a team of horses, which was delivered to plaintiff, he would surrender the…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
„ , .. cmtractf^en-fmffness” defined. The plaintiff was but nineteen years old when he bought of defendant and became owner of The lot?. Within a year, and when still a minor, he exchanged them for a team of horses; This trade he elected to rescind May 3, 1901, seven months prior to his majority, and tendered the horses back to the defendant. The law deals tenderly with a minor in permitting him to disaffirm his contracts, save for necessaries, “within a reasonable time *421after be attains his majority, and restores to the other party all money or property received by him by virtue of the…
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