Hammond v. Corbett
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
The action was assumpsit, by Thomas Hammond against Mary C. Corbett and trustee, for the price of wood furnished her for her own use; and the verdict was for the plaintiff. The defendant is, and when this suit was brought was, a widow. A minor son of the defendant (about sixteen years of age) worked for the trustee, and there was found in his hands about sixty dollars, wages due for labor of said minor son.
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The action was assumpsit, by Thomas Hammond against Mary C. Corbett and trustee, for the price of wood furnished her for her own use; and the verdict was for the plaintiff. The defendant is, and when this suit was brought was, a widow. A minor son of the defendant (about sixteen years of age) worked for the trustee, and there was found in his hands about sixty dollars, wages due for labor of said minor son. It did not appear that the minor son had ever chosen a guardian, or had any appointed by the probate court, or that he had ever been emancipated. The question as to liability of the…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
“ The father,” says Blackstone, “ has the. benefit of his children’s labor while they live with him and are maintained by him; but this is no more than lie is entitled to from his apprentices or servants.” 1 Bl. Com. 453.
Woods, J.,
in Jenness v. Emerson, 15 N. H. 488, says: “ It may be safely stated, as a general rule, that parents are under obligation to support their minor children, and in some degree liable for their education and entitled to their earnings. * * * Whether the general rule will apply to the mother in all cases where the father has deceased, we need not settle in this case.”
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