Campbell v. Criss
Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas
This was an action of covenant on an indenture of apprenticeship, by which Jacob Criss, by and with the consent of his father John Criss, bound himself to the plaintiff for the term of five years, to learn the art, trade, and mystery of a tailor. The breach assigned, was the departure of the apprentice from the service of his master before the expiration of the five years.
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This was an action of covenant on an indenture of apprenticeship, by which Jacob Criss, by and with the consent of his father John Criss, bound himself to the plaintiff for the term of five years, to learn the art, trade, and mystery of a tailor. The breach assigned, was the departure of the apprentice from the service of his master before the expiration of the five years. The indenture was signed and sealed by the plaintiff and both defendants; but it no other way mentioned the father, than as consenting to his son’s binding himself. The case was submitted to the court by agreement. If the…
1Opinion of the Court
President.
Unless the signing and sealing of this indenture, by John Criss, and the recital, in the commencement of it, “ that Jacob Criss, son of John Criss, by and with the consent of the said John Criss, bound himself apprentice” to the plaintiff, make John Criss a co-covenanter with Jacob Criss, the evidence is not sufficient to support the action. This covenant must he expounded according to the intent of the parties; so far as respects John Criss, he has fully stated his intent to be an expression of his consent, that his son, then a minor, should bind himself an apprentice: this consent…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ackley v. HoskinsNew York Supreme Court · 1817