Squier v. Hydliff
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw Circuit. Hydliff, an infant, brought suit by his next friend against Squier, and declared for work and labor.
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Error to Washtenaw Circuit. Hydliff, an infant, brought suit by his next friend against Squier, and declared for work and labor. Squier pleaded the general issue, and gave notice of set off, that said Hydliff was an orphan, destitute of the means of support, and he, Squier, furnished hiin board, clothing, washing-, mending, schooling, medical attendance, and nursed him in sickness, and supported him during- four years and three months, all of which was suitable to his condition — and that said Squier also furnished said Hydliff divers goods, wares and merchandize at his request, &c. On the…
1Opinion of the Court
Manning J.:
It has, we believe, always been held that a minor might bind himself by contract for necessaries, and that such contract when executed, if reasonable under all the circumstances, or not so unreasonable as to be evidence of fraud or undue advantage, can not be repudiated by him. We know of no decision holding a contrary doctrine.
From the bill of exceptions, it appears that when the defendant in error went to live with and work for the plaintiff in error, he was fourteen years of age, and that his parents were dead; and that during the four years he remained with the plaintiff in…
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