DODSON BY DODSON v. SHRADER


824 S.W.2d 545 (1992)

Joseph Eugene DODSON, a minor, by his next friend Gene DODSON, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Burns SHRADER, Jr., and Mary Shrader, individually and d/b/a Shrader's Auto Sales, Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

January 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Fleming, Fleming, Holloway & Flynn, Columbia, for defendant/appellant.

Barbara J. Walker, Columbia, for plaintiff/appellee.


OPINION

O'BRIEN, Justice.

This is an action to disaffirm the contract of a minor for the purchase of a pick-up truck and for a refund of the purchase price. The issue is whether the minor is entitled to a full refund of the money he paid or whether the seller is entitled to a setoff for the decrease in value of the pick-up truck while it was in the possession of the minor.

In early April of 1987, Joseph Eugene Dodson, then 16 years of age, purchased...

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