Case Name: Elias Ray v. George W. Haines
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1869-09
Citations: 52 Ill. 485
Docket Number: 
Parties: Elias Ray v. George W. Haines.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 485–486

Head Matter:
Elias Ray v. George W. Haines.
Minor—not bound by Ms contract. Where a minor contracted to work nine months, but worked one month and a half, and quit, it wasJield, he was not bound by his contract, and could recover from his employer the value of the services' rendered.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. Samuel L. Richmond, Judge, presiding.
The opinion sufficiently states the case.
Messrs. Ingersoll & McCune, for the appellant.
Mr. W. G. Randall and Messrs. Bangs & Shaw, for the appellee,

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Lawrence
delivered the opinion of the Court:
In this case a minor had contracted to work for the defendant nine months, but left after working six weeks. Being a minor, his contract was not obligatory upon him,- and he was entitled to recover from his employer the value of the services rendered. This value the court inferred from the amount admitted by the defendant to have been due the plaintiff when he left, as wages, and we are not inclined to reverse because the proof was not more positive.
Judgment affirmed. .