Edwards v. Smith

1. In order to sustain a recovery by a child against a parent for

services in the nature of care and attention such as are usually bestowed because of a natural sense of duty and affection arising out of the relation, it must affirmatively appear that the services were performed under an express contract that the parent would pay for them, or the surrounding circumstances must plainly indicate, that it was the intention of both parties that compensation should be made. Hudson v. Hudson, 90 Ga. 581 (16 S. E. 349) ; O’Kelly v. Faulkner, 92 Ga. 521 (17 S. E. 847). But “in cases where the…