Squires v. Whipple
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of assumpsit for money bad and received, money paid, laid out and expended, and work, labor, care and diligence, 'of the plaintiff, in and about the business of the defendant, for instructing one John Whipple, son of the defendant, in the art and trade of a tanner and currier, at defendant’s request.
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This was an action of assumpsit for money bad and received, money paid, laid out and expended, and work, labor, care and diligence, 'of the plaintiff, in and about the business of the defendant, for instructing one John Whipple, son of the defendant, in the art and trade of a tanner and currier, at defendant’s request. The cause was tried upon the general issue, in the County Court, at April term, 1828. To maintain the issue, the plaintiff, on his part, offered Alson, Squires, who testified that in the Spring of 1825, the defendant came to his store, in company with the plaintiff and…
1Opinion of the CourtHutchinsoN, J.
The first question presented in this case, is, whether the testimony oflered by the plaintiff, in support ofhis declaration, was admissible? We ^ was. Although the plaintiff cannot recover upon a special contract of apprenticeship of a minor, unless it be in writing, as was decided in the former case between these parties; (see 1 Ver. Rep. 69,) yet the defendant must not be permitted to agree to make a regular written contract of that description, and thereby obtain the property and the labor of the plaintiff, and then refuse to execute the written contract, and go off with what he thus…
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