Day v. Day

Decision of

Chief Justice Judd.

I find the following facts in this case:

Plaintiff and defendant are brothers. The plaintiff lived with his brother, the defendant, paying for his room and board. On the 9th April, 1891, the clothing and personal effects of plaintiff were destroyed by a fire which consumed the house and defendant’s effects as well. An infant child of defendant who had arrived at the age of two years the day before the fire, unable to speak intelligently, but capable of somewhat appreciating *716when corrected lor what she had done that was wrong or forbidden, was known bjr its parents…