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4 Ky. Op. 346

Davis v. Boyd

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 19, 1870

Court of Appeals of Kentucky · decided 1870-10-19

<p>Infants — New Promise — Estoppel.</p> <p>A ntew promise by an infant, to pay a note, in the absence of false statements relative to the note, or the age of the promissor, does not constitute an estoppel by anythig..said or done, from making a defense on the ground of infancy.</p> <p>Same — Statute of Frauds. ,</p> <p>A promise, after becoming of age, not in writing, to pay off the note, is not enforeible under the Statute of Frauds.</p> <p>Same — Sale of Property — Pleadings.</p> <p>Where an infant sells property, for which he had given his note, and in an action to enforce the note, he pleads infancy, and the pleadings fail to show that the property or its proceeds were, in the possession of the obligor, after he attained lawful age, he was not bound to make restoration before relying on the plea of infancy.</p>

Decided 1870-10-19

¶1Opinion or the Ooubt by

Judge LiNdsay:

¶2Appellant having admitted on the trial that Boyd was an infant at tbe time he executed the note to Davis, it only remains to be determined whether the petition as amended, authorized a recovery. Although it does not clearly appear that Boyd was still an infant at the time he assured the Bells that the note was all right and that he would pay it. The language used will not readily admit of a different interpretation. Being an infant and it not appearing that he made any false statements relative to the note or his age, he was not estopped by any thing he did or said from making defense to this action. His promise to pay the note, made since he attained his majority, do not seem to have been made in writing, and therefore under our statute of frauds are not enforceable. It also appears that he disposed of the property for which the note was given. And as there is nothing in the pleadings to indicate that the same or its proceeds were in his possession after he attained the age of twenty-one, he was not bound to make restoration before relying upon the plea of infancy.

¶3The court did not err in dismissing appellant’s petition, and the judgment is affirmed.

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