Frauenthal & Schwarz v. Bank of El Paso

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). A father can make la valid gift of his minor son’s services to himself so as to be beyond reach of his father’s creditors. Bobo v. Bryson, 21 Ark. 387; Fairhursi v. Lewis, 23 Ark. 435; Vance v. Calhoun, 77 Ark. 35; and Biggs v. St. L. I. M. & So. Ry. Co. 91 Ark. 122. An insolvent father may emancipate his minor child, even as against his creditors, and although the child remains at home and is hired by the father. 20 R. C. L., pp. 610 and 611; Wilson v. McMillan, 62 Ga. 16, 35 Am. Rep. 114, and case note at p. 117; McCloskey v. Cyphert, 27 Penn. St. Rep.…