Leech v. Agnew
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the District Court of Alleghany. Leech and J. Agnew brought covenant on indentures of apprenticeship to the use of Catherine Agnew. — The case was this. In Nov., 1833, Leech as guardian, J. Agnew as apprentice, and defendant as master, sealed an indenture of apprenticeship, whereby - defendant covenanted to teach Agnew the trade of a glass-blower, and to pay Agnew $10 a month until a certain day; and for the residue of the term the half of a journeyman’s wages.
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In error from the District Court of Alleghany. Leech and J. Agnew brought covenant on indentures of apprenticeship to the use of Catherine Agnew. — The case was this. In Nov., 1833, Leech as guardian, J. Agnew as apprentice, and defendant as master, sealed an indenture of apprenticeship, whereby - defendant covenanted to teach Agnew the trade of a glass-blower, and to pay Agnew $10 a month until a certain day; and for the residue of the term the half of a journeyman’s wages. He further covenanted to pay the boarding of the apprentice “ during the time the first fire is out,” providing his…
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, C. J.
The son of the equitable plaintiff below had been bound apprentice, with the assent of his guardian, signified by sealing the indenture, to the defendant, in order to be taught the art and mystery of a glass-blower; the master covenanting to pay him $10. the month for the first year, and half the wages of a journeyman for the rest of the term. He covenanted, also, to pay the plaintiff, his mother, for boarding him while the *22first fire should he out — that is, the first intermission of the business, to prepare the furnace for the resumption of it — provided she would send him to school during…
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