Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1879

Stearns v. Wallace

Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided June 5, 1879 · Doe, Bingham

59 N.H. 595

Opinion of the Court

Doe, C. J.

There is nothing in the case to take it out of the general rule that an infant is responsible for his torts. Fitts v. Hall, 9 N. H. 441; School District v. Bragdon, 23 N. H. 507, 516; Beckley v. Newcomb, 24 N. H. 359; Woodman v. Hubbard, 25 N. H. 67, 73; Prescott v. Norris, 32 N. H. 101; Eaton v. Hill, 50 N. H. 235; Cooley Torts 103.

Exception overruled.

Bingham, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

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