Bradley v. Bassett
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was an action of book-debt, brought by Bassett against Bradley. At the term of the superior court in January, 1839, auditors were appointed to adjust the accounts of the parties. The auditors, after a full hearing, found and reported, that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of 75 dollars. The defendant remonstrated against the acceptance of the report. The court found the following facts.
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IN ERROR. This was an action of book-debt, brought by Bassett against Bradley. At the term of the superior court in January, 1839, auditors were appointed to adjust the accounts of the parties. The auditors, after a full hearing, found and reported, that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of 75 dollars. The defendant remonstrated against the acceptance of the report. The court found the following facts. The plaintiff and his son, Julius Bassett, were witnesses on the trial before the auditors ; and the account of the plaintiff, which was the subject of the action, was for…
1Opinion of the CourtSiieRman, J.
It was admitted, on the trial before the auditors, that the services charged in the plaintiff’s book were rendered for the defendant; and that the son, at the time, was under the age of twenty-one years. Upon these admissions, the plaintiff was entitled to an award in his fa-vour, unless sufficient objections were shewn on the part of the defendant. The grounds taken were, that the services were rendered on such terms that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover at al!, and especially in the action of book-debt ; for the plaintiff had given his son the compensation, which the defendant was…
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