CENTRAL BUCKS AERO, INC. v. SMITH


226 Pa.Super. 441 (1973)

Central Bucks Aero, Inc., Appellant, v. Smith.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Antheil, III, with him Chandor & Antheil, for appellant.

No oral argument was made nor brief submitted for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY SPAETH, J., September 19, 1973:

This is an appeal from the granting of defendant-appellee's motion for summary judgment. The issue is whether we should overturn the longstanding common law doctrine that a minor by disaffirming a contract can avoid liability under the contract.

Appellee, when twenty years of age, leased an airplane from appellant. In the process of landing, appellee damaged the airplane beyond repair, and also damaged the landing...

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