Cahill v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. The plaintiff’s account amounted to eighteen dollars, and was for the labor of Bobert Cahill, the plaintiff’s minor son, for the defendant, from the 1st of April, 1856, to the 19th of May, 1856. The auditor reported the following facts: In the spring of 1856, Bobert Cahill, then being eighteen years old, agreed with the defendant, without the plaintiff’s knowledge, to work for him upon his farm for six months, at fourteen dollars per month.
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Book Account. The plaintiff’s account amounted to eighteen dollars, and was for the labor of Bobert Cahill, the plaintiff’s minor son, for the defendant, from the 1st of April, 1856, to the 19th of May, 1856. The auditor reported the following facts: In the spring of 1856, Bobert Cahill, then being eighteen years old, agreed with the defendant, without the plaintiff’s knowledge, to work for him upon his farm for six months, at fourteen dollars per month. The boy worked for the defendant under this contract, from the 1st of April, till the 19th of May, 1856, upon which day, the weather being…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Aldis, J.
The auditor’s report states the facts as to the defendant’s requiring the minor to work at making mortar in the rain, as to the minor’s disobedience in going a fishing without leave, of his return and offer to work for the defendant, and the defendant’s dismissal of him.
It then proceeds to state the settlement between the minor and *594the defendant, and the balance due, the plaintiff’s settlement with the defendant, and the defendant’s recognition of a balance of eighteen dollars, as due the plaintiff for his son’s labor; of his silence as to any…
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