Hughes v. Gallans

Opinion delivered Feb’y 16, 1874, by

Walicer, J.

The evidence in this case was that the defendant employed Patrick Christopher Hughes, a small boy to drive horses for him attached to his boat on the Schuylkill Navigation Canal, during the summer of 1871. The wages of the boy the defendant refused to pay, and suit the contract not being for necessaries furnished. The court upon the request of the defendant instructed the jury that if the defendant was a minor at the time the contract was made and the services were performed, *247the plaintiff could not recover.

Was there error in this ?

No doubt this…