McConnell v. Lamontagne

By the common law as adopted in this jurisdiction there is no legal liability of a parent to third parties for necessaries furnished a minor child in the absence of an express or implied contract. This principle is established and reaffirmed in well-considered cases. Kelley v. Davis, 49 N. H. 187, 190; Hammond v. Corbett, 50 N. H. 501, 505; Burns v. Madigan; 60 N. H. 197. Our statute law at the date of the services for which recovery is sought provided only for the indemnity of the public against the maintenance of paupers, and not for the reimbursement of an individual who may have relieved…