Carney v. Southland Loan Co., Inc.

The contract under which Carney made the payments which he seeks to recover in his action is the same contract upon which Southland Loan Company is seeking to recover an unpaid balance in its cross-action. The gist of Carney’s action is that he, as a minor, is entitled to repudiate the contract under the provisions of Code § 20-201 and to recover the payments made under the contract, as the automobile covered by the contract has been returned to Southland. The gist of Southland’s answer and cross-action is that it does not owe Carney the payments which he made under the contract as he was not…