Owens v. Frager

Berkshire, J. —

This was an action to annul and set aside an indenture of apprenticeship executed by the superintendent of the county asylum within and for the county of Benton and State of Indiana, and to obtain the custody of a child.

The court sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and the appellant, who was the plaintiff below, failing and refusing to amend her complaint, the court rendered judgment against her for want of a sufficient complaint.

Section 6092, E. S. 1881, is the authority for the superintendent of a county asylum to apprentice or bind out a child. This section is general in…