Windland v. Deeds
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee Circuit Cou/rt. This is an action to recover for services rendered by the plaintiff, who is a minor and sues by his next friend, under contract with defendant.
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Appeal from Lee Circuit Cou/rt. This is an action to recover for services rendered by the plaintiff, who is a minor and sues by his next friend, under contract with defendant. The petition-alleges that by the terms of a contract between the parties, plaintiff was to serve defendant until he was fifteen years of age, his service beginning at the age of nine, and defendant was “to board, clothe and school ” plaintiff, and at the expiration of the term was to give him “one good horse, saddle and bridle, and a good suit of clothes;” that plaintiff performed the services under this contract, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The only questions presented and discussed in the argument of defendant’s counsel are those that arise upon the instructions refused by the court.' Other points made in *100the assignment of errors are not considered by counsel; we are required to regard them'as waived.
1. contbact: nor. I. The refusal of the first instruction asked by defendant is complained of by counsel. It is, in effect, that if plaintiff was a member of defendant’s family during the time the services were rendered, receiving his support, clothing, etc., no recovery can be had for services rendered by him except upon proof…
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