Griffin v. Tyson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. The action was commenced before a justice of the peace, and came to the county court by appeal: an auditor was appointed, who reported as follows.
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Book Account. The action was commenced before a justice of the peace, and came to the county court by appeal: an auditor was appointed, who reported as follows. The plaintiff presented an account against the> defendant for one month’s labor, charged at $10,00, and for his board during the month, charged at $6,45. It appeared that the labor was performed by the plaintiff in pursuance of a contract between the parties, and that, by the contract, the defendant was to board the plaintiff while he was at work, and that the defendant told him that he might board at the defendant’s boarding house,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hebaiid, J.
But two questions have been made. The first is whether the plaintiff ought to be allowed his charge of $6,45 for boarding himself while at work for the defendant. It appears, from the report of the auditor, that the defendant was to board the plaintiff, while working for him, and that he designated several different places where he might board, and, among others, told him that he might board with the mother of the plaintiff, at whose house it appears he did board, but not in the family of his mother; but the plaintiff furnished his own…
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