Brush v. Blanchard
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was tried by Parrish, Judge, ivithout the intervention of a jury, at September term, 1854, of the J ackson Circuit Court. The court found for the defendant, and entered judgment for costs against the plaintiff. The plaintiff below then sued out this writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
Brush, a minor, by his next friend, sued Blanchard, for work and labor. The cause was tried by the court, and judgment rendered for defendant. Die evidence shows that the defendant married the plaintiff’s mother, who was a widow, and of whose family the plaintiff was a member," at the time of the marriage; that after the marriage the plaintiff continued with his mother as a member of the defendant’s family; and that the services on account of which the action is brought, were performed while the plaintiff so remained a member of defendant’s family.
The husband is not, from the fact of marriage…
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