Clinton v. Rowland
New York Supreme Court
THE plaintiffs recovered a judgment in this action against the defendant, before a justice of the peace, for $10.28 damages and $3.94 costs; which* judgment was reversed by the Otsego county court'; and the plaintiffs appealed from the judgment of the latter court to this court.
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THE plaintiffs recovered a judgment in this action against the defendant, before a justice of the peace, for $10.28 damages and $3.94 costs; which* judgment was reversed by the Otsego county court'; and the plaintiffs appealed from the judgment of the latter court to this court. The action was founded on an account which Stephen Estes had against the defendant for necessary articles of clothing, which it was claimed he furnished to the defendant’s minor daughter while she was at work for him (Estes) in 1854, beyond the price of her labor. The defendant’s daughter worked for Estes with the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Balcom, J.
All payments which Stephen Estes made to the defendant’s minor daughter, for her services, were valid, because the defendant did not notify him that he claimed her wages, within thirty days after the commencement of her services. (Laws of 1850, p. 579, ch. 266.) But the plaintiffs cannot recover of the defendant for articles of clothing which Stephen Estes, furnished to the defendant’s daughter, beyond the price of her services, for two reasons: 1st, the defendant gave his daughter no authority to procure the clothing, and Estes had none from the defendant to let her…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Van Valkinburgh v. WatsonNew York Supreme Court · 1816
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