Case Name: John Adams v. Mordecai Miller
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-04
Citations: 1 Cranch 5
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Adams v. Mordecai Miller.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 5–5

Head Matter:
John Adams v. Mordecai Miller.
Assumpsit lies by the apprentice against his master*who takes the apprentice under an order of the Court to bind him out, although no indentures are executed.
Assumpsit for not teaching the plaintiff the trade of a silversmith, and to read and write, according to promise.

Opinion:
The Corporation Court of Alexandria had ordered the overseers of the poor to bind out the plaintiff to defendant. The Court instructed the jury, that the defendant having taken the boy under the order of the Court, although there was iio' indenture, the law raises an implied promise on the part of the defendant to comply with the terms of that order.