Reser v. Johnson
Indiana Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Tippecanoe Circuit Court. This was a suit by the administrator of Samuel Reser deceased, against Jacob Reser, the father of the said Samuel, to recover eom-pensation for services rendered by the latter for the said Jacob, after the said Samuel came to thé age of majority and before he left his father’s house.
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APPEAL from the Tippecanoe Circuit Court. This was a suit by the administrator of Samuel Reser deceased, against Jacob Reser, the father of the said Samuel, to recover eom-pensation for services rendered by the latter for the said Jacob, after the said Samuel came to thé age of majority and before he left his father’s house. The services rendered, were such as the said Samuel had been accustomed to render before he arrived at majority, and without any agreement on the part of his father to pay for them. Judgment below for the plaintiff,
1Per curiam
— The judgment must be reversed. The law implies no obligation on the part of the father to pay for services rendered under such circumstances. Austin v. Fowler, 17 Vt. R. 556; Conder's case, 5 Watts and Serg. 513; Wier v. Wier's adm’r. 3 B. Monroe, 647.
Judgment reversed, &c.
2Cited by1 opinion
- Cohen's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834