Ryan v. Smith
| Decision Date | 26 February 1896 |
| Citation | 43 N.E. 109,165 Mass. 303 |
| Parties | RYAN v. SMITH. |
| Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
Albert
W. Dana, for plaintiff.
Proctor & Warren, for defendant.
The only question in this case is whether the judge should have ruled, at the request of the defendant, that the articles purchased by the plaintiff were necessaries. They were a barber's shop and chair, and divers other articles of furniture designed to be used in furnishing a barber shop. The plaintiff was a minor, and he had no means of support, except what he earned. The law does not contemplate that a minor shall open a shop and become a trader, or the proprietor of a business which involves the making of a variety of contracts. This has long been settled by the authorities. Tupper v. Caldwell, 12 Metc. (Mass.) 559; Mason v. Wright, 13 Metc. (Mass.) 306; Merriam v. Cunningham, 11 Cush. 40; McCarthy v. Henderson, 138 Mass. 310; Pyne v. Wood, 145 Mass. 558, 14 N.E. 775; Wallis v. Bardwell, 126 Mass. 366. It is clear that the articles in question were not necessaries. If they had been hand tools, to a reasonable amount, such as are ordinarily provided by a journeyman, and necessary for use in his trade or business, the case would be different. Exceptions overruled.
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