Bendross v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of cheating, etc., from city court of Miller county— •Judge Bush. September 12, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
1. A contract between employer and laborer that the laborer will work in the employer’s regular business is void if made on Sunday.,
'2. Such a Sunday contract will not support a prosecution under the act of August 15, 1903 (Georgia Laws, 1903, p. 90), especially where no novation of it has come about by affirmative action under it on any secular day. A contract with a minor is not void, but is binding until repudiated; an illegal Sunday contract is void, and is not enforceable until its terms have become binding by something affirmatively done by way of novation on a secular day. See Calhoun…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Vinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Calhoun v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Anthony v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
3Cited by3 opinions
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