Hambell v. Hamilton

On the trial upon the general issue, in an action of assumpsit, by Hambell against Hamilton, the Circuit Court having instructed the jury that the evidence was insufficient to sustain either.of the two counts in the declaration, verdict and judgment were accordingly rendered in bar of the action.

The evidence ;vvas, in substance, that in consideration of a parol agreement by Hamilton, to serve Hambell for three years, as an apprentice, the latter undertook, in like manner, to instruct him in the trade of a carpenter and cabinet.' íaker, and to pay ninety dollars at the end of the t|eun of…