Steber v. Norris

The plaintiff in this action at the time of the alleged assault was an eleven-year-old boy, whose, parents had sent him to the farm of the defendant in the summer of 1923, and upon request he was permitted to return in 1924 when the mother, signed a written statement giving the defendant authority to discipline the plaintiff if and when he broke the rules and regulations enforced upon the farm. The plaintiff was supposed to work at assigned tasks about the farm for six hours a day and for this labor received his board and room.

The undisputed testimony shows that the plaintiff had failed to…