Walker against Hull

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1793
Date01 January 1793
CourtCourt of the King's Bench

English Reports Citation: 83 E.R. 357

COURT OF KING'S BENCH

Walker against Hull

walker against hull. Executors bound by covenant of apprenticeship. Covenant against an executor, on the covenant of the testator to teach an apprentice his trade: and after verdict for the plaintiff 'twas moved in arrest of judgment, that this covenant was personal to the testator, and did not oblige the executors, but only obliged the master during his life to teach the apprentice : bub by the Court, it obliged the executors also; and they ought to see the apprentice taught his trade, and ii they are not of the same trade, they ought to assign him to another who is of the trade, so that he may be taught...

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    • 1 Enero 1793
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