Holt v. Holt
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON EXCEPTIONS. Assumpsit to recover the sum of five hundred and ninety-four dollars given by the plaintiff to his father, the defendant, Aug. 28, 1864. This money was received by the plaintiff as a bounty for enlistment, with the written consent of his father, into the U. S. military service for three years, he being then a minor seventeen years of age.
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ON EXCEPTIONS. Assumpsit to recover the sum of five hundred and ninety-four dollars given by the plaintiff to his father, the defendant, Aug. 28, 1864. This money was received by the plaintiff as a bounty for enlistment, with the written consent of his father, into the U. S. military service for three years, he being then a minor seventeen years of age. The case was submitted to the presiding judge, with the right of exceptions, who found, as matters of fact, - That the plaintiff enlisted into the military service of the U. S. in August, 1864, when a minor; that his father gave his written…
1Opinion of the CourtDickerson, J.
Assumpsit to recover certain money of the defendant, wdiicb tlie plaintiif received as bounty, and delivered to tlie defendant, when he enlisted into the military service of the United States.
The case was tried by the presiding justice with the right to except in matters of law. The justice found, as matter of fact, that the plaintiif enlisted, when a minor, with his father’s consent, and sent S594 of his bounty to the defendant, who is his father, and received the money; that the plaintiif deserted; that when of age, and before action brought, he demanded the money of the defendant, who…
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