People v. Moores
New York Supreme Court
Debt on a bastardy bond in the penalty of $500, conditioned that the defendant Daniel B. Moores, the father of the child, would indemnify the city of New-York, where the child had been bom, and every other county, &c. which might be put to any expense for the support of the child, or of its mother during i her confinement and recovery therefrom, against all such expenses.
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Debt on a bastardy bond in the penalty of $500, conditioned that the defendant Daniel B. Moores, the father of the child, would indemnify the city of New-York, where the child had been bom, and every other county, &c. which might be put to any expense for the support of the child, or of its mother during i her confinement and recovery therefrom, against all such expenses. Breach, that the defendant had not indemnified the city of New-York, &c. and the city, after the making of the bond, had been obliged to expend divers large sums of money for the support of the child, &c. Plea, by the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Bronson, Ch. J.
When an infant is under a legal obligation to do an act, he may bind himself by a fair and reasonable contract made for the purpose of discharging the obligation. If this be not a general rule, it is at the least one of pretty wide application, as a few examples will prove. An infant is bound to pay a judgment, or a debt contracted for necessaries; and he may make a valid promise to refund the money to any one who will satisfy the judgment or debt. (Clarke v. Leslie, 5 Esp. R. 28; Randall v. Sweet, 1 Denio, 460.) An infant is under a legal obligation to provide…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Randall v. SweetCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Winslow v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
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