What is the test for an infant who is incapable of making admissions?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Abrahamson v. Buckland and Anderson, 1989 CanLII 4648 (SK QB):
By the laws of England, as of July 15, 1870, an infant plaintiff or defendant was incapable of making admissions. The infant, accordingly, was not subject to examination by way of interrogatories. Mayor v. Collins (1890), 24 Q.B.D. 361.
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