Icovino v. Haymes

On October 23,1946, plaintiff, then an infant of the age of sixteen years, entered into a contract with defendant for a course of instruction in voice consisting of thirty-six lessons to be completed in twelve weeks. At the time of the signing of the contract, she paid to defendant the sum of $250. Having received fourteen of the lessons, plaintiff disaffirmed the contract. She seeks in this action to recover the consideration paid upon the ground that she was a minor at the time the contract was made and that she has elected to disaffirm.

Defendant resists the claim upon the grounds (1) that…