Chicago Stove Works v. Lally

This was an action of assumpsit. The amended count of the declaration upon which the case was .tried, as amended, set forth that by a written contract between the plaintiffs of the one part, and the defendant of the other part, the plaintiff did place, agree and bind him, the plaintiff, John Lally, Jr., apprentice to the defendant, to learn the art and calling of stove molding with it, and that the defendant-thereby agreed and promised to and with the said John Lally, Jr., to teach or cause to be taught to him at their works, the said trade of stove molding, fully and completely. For a…