Morse v. Ely
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, brought by an infant for wages alleged to be due him from the defendant. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Bond, J., who found for the plaintiff for the amount claimed by him, and allowed a bill of exceptions, the substance of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The plaintiff, when of the age of twenty years and in the employment of the defendant, agreed with him that there should be applied toward the payment of his wages a sum *459of $10, the difference between the price of a horse and that of a cow which he received in exchange from, the defendant, and also further sums for the services of a stallion and of a bull, and for a calf which he bought of the defendant, and for the pasturage of a horse. These items were credited by the minor in his account with his employer. The contracts from which they resulted were fairly made, the prices were reasonable,…
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