Holden Taft & Co. v. Pike
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was au action of book account, in which judgment .o account was rendered in the county court, and an auditor appointed, who afterwards reported as follows:— ‘ The plaintiffs’ account is allowed at the sum of one hun1 dred forty-one dollars and thirty cents, and the defendant’s ‘ at the sum of one hundred dollars and fifty-five cents, which ' leaves a balance of forty dollars and seventy-five cents due £ from the defendant to the plaintiffs to balance book ac-c counts…
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This was au action of book account, in which judgment .o account was rendered in the county court, and an auditor appointed, who afterwards reported as follows:— ‘ The plaintiffs’ account is allowed at the sum of one hun1 dred forty-one dollars and thirty cents, and the defendant’s ‘ at the sum of one hundred dollars and fifty-five cents, which ' leaves a balance of forty dollars and seventy-five cents due £ from the defendant to the plaintiffs to balance book ac-c counts between them ; subject to the opinion of the court £ upon the following facts : £ On the 20th day of March, 1839, the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
It is contended that the defendant should recover the balance of his account, which is adjusted and allowed by the auditor at about one hundred dollars, after deducting that portion of the plaintiffs5 account which was for necessaries. This was the opinion of the county court. Though the contracts of a minor, as a general principle, are not so far binding upon him as to preclude him from the right of avoiding them, yet, this privilege is given him, it is said, as a shield to protect himself against his own contracts; but he should not make…
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