Morse v. Powers
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book account. The only question in the ease was as to the allowance of the defendant’s account for doctoring the wife of the plaintiff’s son ; as to which the auditor reported the following facts: The plaintiff’s son, James Morse, Jr., was engaged in conducting and attending to the business of a small store belonging to the plaintiff, under an agreement that he should attend to the business, and have a support for himself and family out of it; and the plaintiff bad said that…
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Book account. The only question in the ease was as to the allowance of the defendant’s account for doctoring the wife of the plaintiff’s son ; as to which the auditor reported the following facts: The plaintiff’s son, James Morse, Jr., was engaged in conducting and attending to the business of a small store belonging to the plaintiff, under an agreement that he should attend to the business, and have a support for himself and family out of it; and the plaintiff bad said that his son was to have half the profits of tho business ; but no inventory was taken of the stock on hand when the son…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
This action is book account. The auditor’s report states that the plaintiff’s son, James Morse, Jr., had charge and conducted the business of the plaintiff’s store of 'goods, in Franklin, near Canada line. That there was no special agreement as to compensation for the son’s services. But it was *302“agreed that James, the son, should attend to the business of the store, and should have a support for himself and family out of the business.” Both the plaintiff and the son took goods as they wanted, from the store, for family use, and no charges…
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