Forsyth v. Hastings
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ratification of contract for service, by a minor, for an entire period. Sufficient excuse for a breach of such contract. Book Account. The plaintiff contracted to labor for the defendant for a year from the 7th of April, 1852, for $13, per month, and did labor for him until the 3d of August, following, when he left under the circumstances hereafter mentioned.
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Ratification of contract for service, by a minor, for an entire period. Sufficient excuse for a breach of such contract. Book Account. The plaintiff contracted to labor for the defendant for a year from the 7th of April, 1852, for $13, per month, and did labor for him until the 3d of August, following, when he left under the circumstances hereafter mentioned. The defendant was absent from home a considerable portion of the time, and left the plaintiff in charge of the work, and of his other hired hands. On one occasion in hoeing, and an another in haying, the defendant returned and found the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Isham, J.
The plaintiff has brought this action to recover compensation for his labor and services, while in the employment of the defendant, during the year 1852. It appears from the case that the plaintiff contracted with the defendant to labor for him for one year from the 7th of April in that year, for the sum of thirteen dollars per month, and that no proof was offered by the plaintiff *649showing a right, if dissatisfied, to determine the contract within that period. We must treat the contract, therefore, as absolute and unqualified in its terms,…
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