An  infant  may  bind  himself  by  an  indenture  or  contract  Appren-

1 10  G  SiU-T)

of  ajjprenticeship  for  his  instruction ;  and  the  apprenticeship
operates  upon  the  infant  by  imposing  a  legal  status  or
relationship  to  the  master,  and  is  attended  with  special  laws
and  regulations  by  statute  and  custom  (k) .  The  infant  is  not
bound  by  the  indenture  of  apprenticeship  by  way  of  contract
to  serve,  and  cannot  be  sued  in  law  or  equity  for  damages  or
for  an  injunction  against  a  breach  of  the  service ;  for  which
reason  the  parent  or  some  other  siu'ety  is  usually  joined  in

{x)  Peters  v.  Fleming,  6  M.  &  W.  (1891)  2  Q.  B.  375;  60  L.  J.  Q.  B.
42;  per  cur.  Chappie  v.  Cooper,  13  M.  740.
&  W.  258;  Wharton  v.  Mackenzie,  5  (e)  Brooker  t.  Scott,  11  M.  &  W.
Q.  B.  606 ;  Walter  v.  Everard,  (1891)  67 ;  Wharton  v.  Mackenzie,   5  Q.  B.
2  Q.  B.  369  ;  60  L.  J.  Q.  B.  738.  606.
{y)  Ryder  v.   Wombwell,    L.    R.    i  (/)  Harrison  v.  Fane,  1  M.  &  G.
Ex.  32  ;   38  L.  J.  Ex.  8.  550.
(z)  Bands  v.  Slaney,  8  T.  R.  578.  (g)  Bryant  v.  FLichardson,  L.  E.  3

\a)  Peters  v.  Fleming,  6  M.  &  W.  Ex.  93,  n.  (3) ;   14  L.  T.  N.  S.  24.
42.  (A)  Eyderv.  Wombwell,  L.  R.  3  Ex.
(b)  Coates  v.  Wilson,  5  Esp.  152.  90  ;  4  ib.  32;  38  L.  J.  Ex.  8.
{c)  Hart  V.  Prater,  1  Jur.  623  ;  see  («)  Pyder  v.  Wombwell,  supra.
Clowes  V.  £7Voke,  2  Stv.  1101.  (k)  See   Bum's   Justice,   Appren-

{d)  Per    cur.    Walter   y.    Everard,  tipes  ;  Smith's  Master  and  Servant.
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