Foss v. Hartwell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, for board and clothing furnished to the defendant’s minor son, from March, 1891, to June, 1893. Trial in the Superior Court, before Sherman, J., who, at the close of the evidence for the plaintiff, ruled, at the defendant’s request, that the action could not be maintained, and reported the case for the determination of this court. If the ruling was correct, the verdict was to stand; otherwise, a new trial was to be granted. The facts appear in the opinion. .
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The facts appear to be as follows. The defendant obtained a divorce from his wife in 1889, on the ground of her desertion. The custody of the son was awarded to neither -of the parties, and neither asked for it. Both parties- married again, the woman becoming the wife of the plaintiff. The boy, at the time of the divorce, was staying with his grandmother. Subsequently, in 1889, he went to live with his father, and was with him about two years, and attended school. On his way home from school, in 1891, he was met by his mother, who took him to the home of the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s wife…
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