Keil v. Healey

Citations

• 84 Ill. 104

Syllabus

<p>1. Infant—deed of, not void. It is well settled by the authorities, that a deed made by a minor is not void but only voidable, and unless avoided within a reasonable time after becoming of age, it will be binding and obligatory upon the grantor and upon all others.</p> <p>2. Same—time in which to disaffirm deed. If a person who has conveyed land during infancy desires to avoid the deed, he or she must do so within three years after arriving at majority, and a neglect or failure to do so will be held a ratification of the deed.</p> <p>3. Limitation—taehing disabilities. Where a statute of limitation has once begun to run, no subsequent or supervening disability in the party against whom it is taking effect will arrest its operation. Cumulative disabilities can not, therefore, he regarded.</p> <p>4. Where a female who had made a conveyance of land during infancy was not married until some five months after becoming eighteen years old, it was held, that her coverture did not furnish any excuse for her not taking steps to avoid the deed within three years after her majority.</p>