Williams v. Ivory

Citations

• 173 Pa. 536
• 34 A. 291
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 739

Syllabus

<p>[Marked to be reported.]</p> <p>Inf ant — Assignment for benefit of creditors — Warrant of arrest — Act of July 12, 1842.</p> <p>As the act of July 12, 1842, P. L. 339, makes no distinction of persons in describing those who may obtain its benefits, it does not exclude minors, and it must be held to confer upon minors capacity to make the necessary deed of assignment by which alone the benefits of the act can be obtained.</p> <p>A minor while in custody under a warrant of arrest under the act of July 12, 1842, executed a general deed of assignment for the benefit of his creditors for the purpose of securing his discharge under the provisions of the 13th and subsequent sections of the act. The fraud alleged against the minor was that he represented himself to be a person of full age to certain merchants of whom he had purchased goods, and thereafter refused to pay for them on the ground that he was a minor and not responsible for them. Upon the'delivery of the deed of assignment the minor was discharged from arrest. Held, (1) that the deed of assignment was a valid and binding instrument.</p>