Burnet v. Chapin

Mr. Presiding Justice Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

By this appeal defendant, Ira J. Couch, impleaded with other members of a copartnership doing business under the name of S. B. Chapin & Co., seeks to reverse a judgment for $1,300 rendered against him in an action tried by the court without a jury, based on the disaffirmance of a contract made by a minor.

Plaintiff’s statement of claim filed October 31, 1932, alleged he was bom August 5, 1911; that on or about July 16, 1931, he entered into a contract to purchase and did purchase from defendant’s company 30 shares of Insull…