Rounds Bros. v. McDaniel
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. T. F. Birkhead, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. SYNOPSIS OF POINTS DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Demurrers to petition good. Schouler on Domestic Relations, Sec. 264; Blackstone 453; American & English Enc. 2 Ed.
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Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. T. F. Birkhead, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. SYNOPSIS OF POINTS DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Demurrers to petition good. Schouler on Domestic Relations, Sec. 264; Blackstone 453; American & English Enc. 2 Ed. Vol. 21 p. 1039; Jones v. Tevis, 4th Littell 25. 2. Father never supported hoy nor objected to Rounds Bros, paying him his wages. 3. State concerned in the decision of this ease. 4. Short review of lower court’s opinion, which will show how wrong the court 'got on the law. 5. The rule of law applicable to these cases…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Carroll
Revering-,'TMs case presents the interesting question: What acts and conduct of a father will constitute an emancipation of his minor child so as to deny the father the rig’ht to recover the child’s wages during Ms minority?
*671The mother of Byrne McDaniel died in 1900, when he was about 12 years old, leaving his father, the appellee, A. J. McDaniel, with six children to care for. The father, who was a poor but kindly disposed man, ia, carpenter by trade, did not own any property, and found it necessary to place the other children — all of whom were younger…
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