House v. House

Isaac House filed in the Probate Court of Decatwr county, in 1851, an account against the estate of his deceased father, John House, consisting of two items, one for the board, &c., of said John House, and the other for the board, &c., of his idiot adult son, Jacob House. Issue was taken on the validity of both items, a trial was had, and both were allowed and ordered by the Court to be paid.

It is a rule of law that where persons standing in the natural relation of those concerned in this case, live together as members of a common family, there is no implied obligation to pay for service…