Draheim v. Evison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the county court of Dodge county: J. A. BaeNev, Judge. The plaintiff brought this action to recover for the services of his minor son, claiming in his complaint $115.75 for seven months and twenty-two days’ work, from December 1, 1898, to July 22, 1899, reasonably worth $10 per month for winter months and $20 for summer months.
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Appeal from a judgment of the county court of Dodge county: J. A. BaeNev, Judge. The plaintiff brought this action to recover for the services of his minor son, claiming in his complaint $115.75 for seven months and twenty-two days’ work, from December 1, 1898, to July 22, 1899, reasonably worth $10 per month for winter months and $20 for summer months. The answer alleged a contract with the son to work for defendant one year for the sum of $200, made with the knowledge and consent of plaintiff. It also alleged a working from December 2, 1898, to July 22,1899, when the son quit without any…
1Opinion of the CourtBardeen, J.
The motion to direct a verdict for defendant was improperly granted. The evidence shows that plaintiff’s son was a minor and had never been emancipated; that on the first Monday in November, 1898, he made a verbal contract with defendant to work for him for one year for the sum of $200, to commence on the 1st day of December following; that he worked seven months and twenty-two days, and then quit without any valid excuse; that such services were reasonably worth $10 per month for the winter months and $20 per month for the summer months; that he had been paid $57.70 by defendant during the…
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