Crandall v. Coyne Electrical School, Inc.

Mr. Presiding Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit to recover a tuition fee of $240 paid by plaintiff, when a minor, to defendant. A jury was waived and the issues were submitted to the court upon an agreed state of facts. The finding and judgment were for defendant.

The material facts agreed to are: Plaintiff, when 20 years of age, entered into a written agreement whereby defendant was “to furnish him a course of electrical instruction as taught by it at its school in Chicago,” for which he paid $240 tuition fee. He had no parents or legal guardian. He attended…