New York Supreme Court May 18, 1889 (Dickerson v. Gordon)

Pratt, J.

Upon disaffirmance by an infant of a contract it is prima faciehis duty to return the consideration he has received. To hold otherwise would make infancy “not a shield, but a sword.” In Green v. Green, 69 N. Y. 553, it affirmatively appeared that the consideration money had been wasted, and-the infant had no other property with which to repay.