Davis v. Goodenow
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action for services of a child or other member, of the family. Book account. The plaintiffs’ principal claim was for the services of Caroline M. Davis, wife of Leander Davis, before her marriage, in reference to which the auditor reported the following facts.
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Action for services of a child or other member, of the family. Book account. The plaintiffs’ principal claim was for the services of Caroline M. Davis, wife of Leander Davis, before her marriage, in reference to which the auditor reported the following facts. Caroline M. Davis, one of the plaintiffs, and the grand-daughter of the defendant, lost her father when she was about twelve years old, and, at his decease, went to the defendants to live until she was eighteen, the defendant agreeing to do well by her. She lived in defendant’s family, from the time she was twelve until she was eighteen,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, Ch. J.
In this case the action is brought by a grandchild to recover for services rendered to her grandfather while she constituted a member of his family, where she was principally brought up, her father having died when she was a child, and left the family poor. The plaintiff’s mother being a child of the defendant, he took an interest in the family, and rendered them assistance. The services were all performed after she became of age, and had gone abroad to work for herself, and returned at defendant’s request, with the assurance she should…
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