Youngblood v. Hoeffle

[1-5] The fact that plaintiff below, appellee here, was the stepdaughter of defendant and lived in his home, and that defendant bought her certain items of clothing, books, and a scholarship in a business college, etc., would not deprive her of the right of ownership in the money which she alleged she had loaned defendant and for which she sued. She testified that a part of this money was given her by her mother, and that the rest of it she earned by working for her stepfather in his factory; that he paid her weekly wages, and demanded in return that she pay board. An infant is capable of…