Mason v. Acceptance Loan Co., Inc.

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This is an appeal from an order of the Lowndes Circuit Court granting the defendants' motions to compel arbitration; it involves, among other things, the effect of the plaintiffs' alleged mental retardation on their ability to contract. We affirm.

I. Facts

Charlie Mason, Charlie Thigpen, and others (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the plaintiffs") sued Acceptance Loan Company, Inc., Protective Life Insurance Company, and CNL Insurance America, Inc.…