Vance v. Calhoun
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Hot Spring Chancery Court; LEEAND LEaTH-ERMAN, Chancellor; As compensation for the duty of maintenance, the parent has a right to a minor child’s services and earnings, unless such right has been released voluntarily. 17 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law (1 Ed.), 379, and references. The father may waive his right to collect his minor son’s wages. 66 Ark. 413. Assignment of the judgment by the next friend is not binding upon the infant. Enc.
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Appeal from Hot Spring Chancery Court; LEEAND LEaTH-ERMAN, Chancellor; As compensation for the duty of maintenance, the parent has a right to a minor child’s services and earnings, unless such right has been released voluntarily. 17 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law (1 Ed.), 379, and references. The father may waive his right to collect his minor son’s wages. 66 Ark. 413. Assignment of the judgment by the next friend is not binding upon the infant. Enc. PI. & Pr. 1037-8. An attorney cannot take advantage of the relations between himself and client to obtain from the latter an unjust or unreasonable…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
Son Calhoun, by his guardian, Anderson Calhoun, brought a suit in equity against E. H. Vance, Jr., to recover money in his hands claimed by Son Calhoun. He states in his complaint that he is a minor, and by his next friend recovered a judgment against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company at the February, 1902, term of the Hot Spring Circuit Court, for $204; that the judgment was paid in the month of August, 1902, to the clerk of the circuit court; that the defendant obtained the money from the clerk under a pretended claim of purchase from Son Calhoun, a minor, which, if…
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