Wickenkamp v. Wickenkamp

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by appellee, in the circuit court of Adams county, against appellant, to recover for eight years and six months’ labor performed by the plaintiff for the defendant.

A trial of the cause was had before a jury, which resulted in a verdict in favor of appellee for §2753.85. The court overruled a motion for a new trial, and rendered judgment upon the verdict, to reverse which appellant brings the record here.

It appears from the testimony, that appellee, who was a son of appellant, was 21 years of age in August, 1863, at which time he commenced work for…