Middlebury College v. Chandler
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. The auditor appointed in the case reported that the plaintiffs’ account, as presented before him, was for the quarter bills of the defendant, while a student in college, — including tuition, room, rent, use of library, repairs, sweeping, ringing the bell, and fines ; and in reference to it he reported the following facts.
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Book Account. The auditor appointed in the case reported that the plaintiffs’ account, as presented before him, was for the quarter bills of the defendant, while a student in college, — including tuition, room, rent, use of library, repairs, sweeping, ringing the bell, and fines ; and in reference to it he reported the following facts. The defendant became a member of Middlebury College in Aug. 1836. He was then a minor, about fifteen years of age, and was sent by his father, who resided in the state of New York, to join the college, and was there supported by his father until his father’s…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J.
The report shows that the defendant was sent by his father to become a member of the college, when he can scarcely be said to have arrived at the age of even youthful discretion. And during the first year he was not only supported at college- by his father, but a correspondence was carried on between the latter and the president of the college in relation to him. During the second year he was supported by funds received from his father’s estate, the officers of college then knowing that his father was dead. It does not appear that any express…
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