COMM231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Metropolitan Railway, Estoppel, Certified Check
25 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Legal capacity of minors = less than 18 deals with the idea if minors have the ability to come under contract. In common law the age of majority is 21. The age of majority in ontario because of legislation (in. If you"re under the age of 18 you cannot enter into a contract. If someone enters into a contract with a minor, that contract does not exist, it is not enforceable. If a 17 year old comes to buy a tv sound system and enters under contract to pay in a few months. No because since he was a child he could not enter into a contract therefore by the law of restitution he must give back the tv. An exception to the rule that minors cannot enter into contracts are contracts of necessity or beneficial service - Example if a 17 year old goes to sears and buys a 150 dollar jacket and uses a payment plan.
