Johnston v. Russell

By the Court, Sanderson, J.:

This is an action upon a promissory note. The defendant pleads payment. Below, judgment passed for defendant upon the following facts, which were found by the Court: First—On the 8th day of September, 1868, plaintiff loaned the defendant eight hundred and fifty dollars, for which defendant gave the promissory note in suit, payable one day after date.

*671Second—On the 28th of September, 1868, plaintiff made a wager with one Freeman that Horatio Seymour would receive a majority of the votes to be cast at the ensuing presidential election in the State of California for…