Barnes v. Barnes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Civil action to recover for board furnished the defendant, a minor; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County, and tried to the court before jBennett, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal to this court by the defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
When the defendant, George A. Barnes, was about four months old, his father and the plaintiff entered into a contract in writing in which the father agreed that George A. should serve the plaintiff faithfully during his minority—the plaintiff agreeing to provide for him during that time suitable food, clothing and schooling. Pursuant to this agreement the defendant lived with the plaintiff *573until lie was about nineteen years old, when he and the plaintiff agreed that the contract should not be binding, that he should thereafter be entitled to his earnings, and that the plaintiff should be…
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