Foley v. Foley

Plaintiff in error, a minor, brought suit charging defendant in error, in the various counts of the declaration, with assault and battery; with wrongfully requiring plaintiff, as his servant, to use and drive a vicious horse, by which he was kicked and permanently injured; and with neglect to furnish medical attendance or surgical aid at the time of such injury.

It was proved at the trial that plaintiff, when a child of four years, was left, after the death of his father, with the defendant, his uncle, by his mother, who afterward went to Bloomington, Illinois. She was married to a man named…