Horner School v. . Wescott
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil AotioN in contract for board and tuition of two cadets entered at tbe Horner School, tried before Robinson, J., at January Term, 1898, of the Superior Court of G-eaN-ville County. The plaintiff claimed $479.25 for board, tuition, etc., for one scholastic year for the cadets.
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Civil AotioN in contract for board and tuition of two cadets entered at tbe Horner School, tried before Robinson, J., at January Term, 1898, of the Superior Court of G-eaN-ville County. The plaintiff claimed $479.25 for board, tuition, etc., for one scholastic year for the cadets. Under the charge of the Court, excepted to by plaintiff, that there could be no recovery upon the contract, but upon a quantum meruit only, a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for $38.50, value of services actually rendered. Judgment for that amount in favor of plaintiff, who appealed. • The circumstances are…
1Opinion of the CourtEubches, J.
The plaintiff is a corporation conducting a select public school for boys. In September, 1896, R. D. Wescott, a son of the defendant, entered this school as a student, and in October of the same year, T. L. Leonard, a nephew and ward of defendant, also entered said school as a student. R. D. Wescott remained about five weeks and T. L. Leonard about one week, when they were expelled for going into a grog-shop on Sunday and getting drunk.
It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff had published a catalogue of its school, stating that it was founded in 1851, containing its rules, prices and…
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