 | James Kent - 1826-1830 - 1827 - 544 pages
...avoid his voidable deed or contract ; for while living, he ought to be the exclusive j»d<r«i <>f the propriety of the exercise of a personal privilege intended for his benefit ? and when dead, those alone should interfere who legally represent him." 'l*ne infant's privilege of avoiding acts... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1848 - 1046 pages
...•237 the infant 'himself, or his legal representatives, can avoid his voidable deed or contract ; for while living, he ought to be the exclusive judge...they alone should interfere who legally represent him.c The infant's privilege of avoiding acts which are matters of record, as fines, recoveries, and... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1858 - 966 pages
...Serg. & Rawlo, 114. 1 McGan e. Marshall. 7 Humph. R. 121. But see Tupper r. Cadwell, 12 Met. R. 659. the exclusive judge of the propriety of the exercise...alone should interfere who legally represent him. (a)1 The infant's privilege of avoiding acts which are matters of record, as fines, recoveries, and... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1866 - 954 pages
...one but the infant * himself, or his legal representatives, can avoid his voidable deed or contract ; for, while living, he ought to be the exclusive judge"...for his benefit ; and when dead, they alone should interbe universal, that all deeds and instruments under seal executed by an infant, were voidable only,... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - Children - 1868 - 984 pages
...Cordte, 31 Miss. R. 32. Oliver v. Horcdlet, 13 Mats. 237.) It is more accurate to say, however, that as a general rule no one but the infant himself, or...contracts of an infant, for, while living, he ought to bo the exclusive judge of the propriety of the exercise of a personal privilege intended for his benefit... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - Women - 1875 - 796 pages
...v. Benthal, 4 Heisk. 601. And see Matherson v. Davis, 2 Coldw. 443. 410 voidable deed or contract ; for, while living, he ought to be the exclusive judge...alone should interfere who legally represent him." 1 But we have seen,2 that, if the infant is a married woman, the husband has practically the power... | |
 | Digital images - 1877 - 1038 pages
...satisfy any reasonable inquirer. The privilege conferred by law upon infancy is a personal one, and. as a general rule, no one but the infant himself or his legal representatives can avoid his voidable acts, deeds, and contracts, for while living he ought to be the exclusive judge... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - Children - 1882 - 1000 pages
...party by whom the voidable acts of the infant may lie disaffirmed or avoided, the true rule is that no one but the infant himself, or his legal representatives, executors and administrators, possess or can be permitted this privilege or right. i CHAPTER V. E WHAT MANNER VOIDABLE ACTS OF INFANTS... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1322 pages
...voidable at the instance of the infant himself. This court in Bozeman v. Browning, 31 Ark. 364, said: "As a general rule, no one but the infant himself,...of a personal privilege intended for his benefit." The numerous authorities cited by counsel for plaintiff on their brief show that the rule is thoroughly... | |
 | Tennessee. Supreme Court, William Wilcox Cooke, Joseph Brown Heiskell, Jere Baxter, Benjamin James Lea, George Wesley Pickle, Charles Theodore Cates, Frank Marian Thompson, Charles Le Sueur Cornelius, Roy Hood Beeler - Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 804 pages
...privies in blood. To appropriate the language of Tyler, in his work on Infancy and Coverture, p. 59: "As a general rule, no one but the infant himself, or his legal representatives, can avoid the voidable acts, deeds, and contracts of an infant, for, while living, he ought to be the... | |
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As a general rule, no one but the infant himself, or his legal representatives, executors and administrators, can avoid the voidable acts, deeds and contracts of an infant, for while living, he ought to be the exclusive judge of the propriety of the exercise... 
