Legal Opinion
Fisher v. Drew
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 2, 1924PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This case involves the contractual right of a father to recover from the husband of his adult daughter *180payment for her board and laundry, where the father was ignorant of the marriage at the time the services were rendered and where there was no express contract for compensation. No question of amount is presented, the only controversy being whether any liability existed.
The case was referred to an auditor, who stated the facts but made no general finding on the defendant’s liability. Holmes v. Hunt, 122 Mass. 505.
Summarily stated the facts are these: Daniel C. Fisher had a family consisting…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Holmes v. HuntMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Adams v. DickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Fisher v. DoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Inhabitants of Sturbridge v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Leshefsky v. American EmPloyers' InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Forbes v. Gordon & Gerber, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- French v. McAnarneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Commonwealth v. GedziumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
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