Kennedy v. Sniffen

Citations

• 23 Haw. 115
• 1916 Haw. LEXIS 40

Syllabus

<p>Parent and Child — liability of adoptive father for support of abandoned child.</p> <p>An adoptive father who has abandoned his child may be held liable upon an implied contract to one who has furnished the child with necessary support, for the value thereof not in excess of what is reasonable considering the child’s station in life.</p> <p>Executors and Administrators — statute of non-claim — waiver.</p> <p>The statute of non-claim constitutes a special regulation of probate law; it cannot be waived; and need not be specially pleaded.</p> <p>Appeal and Error — necessity of raising question in trial court — exception to -rule.</p> <p>In a jury-waived case against an administratrix, under a general exception to the decision, the defendant may raise for the first time in the supreme court a point that she could not have waived, namely, that the plaintiff had failed to prove that the claim sued on had been rejected and action thereon commenced within two months as required by statute.</p>