Bray v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for work and labor. The plaintiff being a minor prosecuted the action by his next friend. Plea, the general issue; trial by jury, June Term, 1856,— Poland, J., presiding.
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Assumpsit for work and labor. The plaintiff being a minor prosecuted the action by his next friend. Plea, the general issue; trial by jury, June Term, 1856,— Poland, J., presiding. The plaintiff introduced testimony tending to prove that he was fourteen years old on the 6th of September, 1855, and that in the spring of 1855 his father, Michael Bray, agreed to give him his time and earnings in consideration of some sheep which were given to him in his infancy, and had been disposed of by his father; that on the 23d of April, 1855, the defendant applied to Michael Bray to hire the plaintiff,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Isham, J.
The principles involved and decided in the cases of Chase v. Elkins, 2 Vt. 290, and Tillotson v. McCrillis, 11 Vt. 477, seem to dispose of the questions arising in this-case. In the first case it was held that a father may relinquish to his minor son his right to his time andAarnings, and that property purchased by the minor and payed for by such earnings can be held by him as against the creditors of the father. In the second case it was held that such a contract is valid for a part as well as for the whole period of the son’s minority. If…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Tillotson v. McCrillisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1839
- Chase v. ElkinsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1829
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re DunavantDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1899
- Johnson v. SilsbeeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1870