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69 Mass. 578

McCarty v. Murray

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 15, 1854

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1854-09-15

Action of contract for money paid. The defendant was an infant, between eighteen and twenty years of age, and had no father living, and did not reside with his mother, and she did not support him, nor receive his earnings. There was due him from the Dwight Manufacturing Company, summoned as trustees, at the time of the service of this process upon them, $19 for work.

Decided 1854-09-15

Thomas, J.

¶1The\ contract of assignment was a simple contract. It was without fraud. It was for necessaries. If it could be avoided at- all, to the extent of the defendant’s indebtedness to the claimant, it was only voidable, and not void. If voidable, it could be avoided only by the defendant. He has not avoided it.

¶2Whether so much of the instrument of assignment, as sought to make the claimant the attorney of the defendant, is valid or not, it is not material to inquire. It is enough that it operates as an assignment.

¶3We do not think the question, whether there were wages due at the time of the assignment, or whether there was then an existing contract, under which they might be earned, is open upon the agreed statement of facts.

¶4Judgment for the claimant.

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