Case Name: WOOLSTON against KING
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1813-09
Citations: 3 N.J.L. 1050
Docket Number: 
Parties: WOOLSTON against KING.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 599–599

Head Matter:
WOOLSTON against KING.
OS CERTIORARI.
King sued Woolston before the justice, after he came of age, for not learning him liis trade. He declared on an agreement on his part to work for Woolston, and on Woolston’s part to learn him a trade; and averred performance on his part, and alleged a breach' on the part of Woolston.
It was first contended that there was no consideration for the agreement; that King was an infant when the agreement was made, and his acts void, and of course, no consideration.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Contracts for the benefit of infants are not void; and at most, are voidable. And as the infant performed his part, Woolston ought to have performed his.
One of the witnesses said, that Woolston said, that there was an indenture, on which it was contended that the indenture ought to have been produced.
By the Court.
The action is founded on the agreement, not on an indenture. Woolston's saying [f] that there was an indenture, did not prove the fact. His declaration could not make evidence for him.
Judgment affirmed.
Brown, for plaintiff.
Cited is Voorhees v. Wait, 3 Gr. 343.