Parsons v. Keys

Citations

• 43 Tex. 557

Syllabus

<p>1. Infants, liability of, on contracts.—While infants are liable for necessaries, purchased by them when not supplied by the parent or guardian, they are not bound by an agreement to pay a particular sum. Whether the articles purchased were necessaries, and whether the sum agreed to he paid was a Mr price, are questions to be determined by the court.</p> <p>2. Btjbden of proof.—In a suit against one to recover the price of necessaries sold the defendant during minority, the burden of proof is on the defendant to show that the minor was properly supplied by the parent or guardian when that fact is relied on as a defense.</p>