 | Esek Cowen - Justices of the peace - 1821 - 804 pages
...gays, with great propriety, " No man shall take upon himself to dictate to a parent what clothing a child shall wear, at what time they shall be purchased,...that must be left to the discretion of the father or mother. Where the infant is under the control of the parent, there must be a clear and palpable... | |
 | Samuel Comyn - Contracts - 1824 - 680 pages
...child cannot bind herself to a stranger even for what might otherwise be allowed as necessaries : for no man shall take upon him to dictate to a parent...shall wear, at what time they shall be purchased, (d) Co. Lit.172. a. Sir W. Jones, 146. (/) sTerm Rep. 57s. See also Cart. 1s2. 1 Rol. Abr. 729. l.... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 498 pages
...— the court decided that the plaintiff could not recover ; " for no man," says Mr. Justice Gould, " shall take upon him to dictate to a parent, what clothing...at what time they shall be purchased, or of whom." ' And where a parent, &c., places an infant at board, or at school, as the credit is given to the parent,... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - Common law - 1836 - 644 pages
...parent, what clothfor a child; ing the child shall wear, at what time they shall be purUmo'and chasecl> or of whom; all that must be left to the discretion of modeof do the. father or mother." The court, in the case in Johns, say, aUiis dS " Where the infant... | |
 | Esek Cowen - Justices of the peace - 1841 - 698 pages
...says, with great propriety: ' No man shall take upon himself to dictate to a parent what clothing a child shall wear, at what time they shall be purchased,...that must be left to the discretion of the father or mother. Where the infant is under the control of the parent, there must be a clear and palpable... | |
 | William Macpherson - Children - 1841 - 756 pages
...the child cannot bind himself to a stranger for what might otherwise be allowed as necessaries; for no man shall take upon him to dictate to a parent what clothing the child shall wear, at what time it shall be purchased, or of whom. An infant, a glover's apprentice (g), lived in the house of his... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - Contracts - 1847 - 988 pages
...child cannot bind himself to a stranger even for what might otherwise be allowed as necessaries ; for no man shall take upon him to dictate to a parent...shall wear, at what time they shall be purchased, or for whom. All that must be left to the discretion of the father and mother." (/) If, therefore, a child,... | |
 | Patrick Shaw - Contracts - 1847 - 358 pages
...to a stranger, even for necessaries ; that no one is entitled to dictate to a parent what clothing a child shall wear, at what time they shall be purchased, or of whom, — all which must be left to the parent's discretion ; and that here there is no pretence of want of necessaries,... | |
 | 1854 - 816 pages
...credit must be acquainted with at his peril. No man can take upon himself to dictate what clothing a child shall wear, at what time they shall be purchased, or of whom. On this subject Chancellor Kent holds the following language : — "A father is not bound by the contracts... | |
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No man shall take upon him to dictate to a parent what clothing the child shall wear, at what time they shall be purchased, or of whom; all that must be left to the discretion of the father or mother. 
