Switzer v. Kee

Mr, Justice Shoee

delivered the opinion of the Court;

The principal ground insisted upon for reversal in this court is, that the circuit court erred in refusing defendant’s eleventh instruction, which was as follows:

“Where a child lives with a parent, or a parent with the child, the relationship between the parties is so intimate that the law does not imply a contract to pay money for support or services. Unless it be shown that there is an express contract to pay for such support and services, a recovery therefor can not be had by one of the parties against the other. In the absence of an…