Hayden v. Little
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. This suit was instituted April 8, 1861, eleven months after the race was run. The defendant does not allege that he paid the money over to the party to the bet or wager before the race was run, or previous to the expiration of the time agreed upon by the parties for the determination of the bet.
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. This suit was instituted April 8, 1861, eleven months after the race was run. The defendant does not allege that he paid the money over to the party to the bet or wager before the race was run, or previous to the expiration of the time agreed upon by the parties for the determination of the bet. Let it be considered that a horse race is a gaming or gambling device within the purview; of the act to restrain gaming, and that the respondent may shield himself as stakeholder by virtue of the provision of said act from the payment of this money. Sec. 10 of said…
1Opinion of the CourtBay, Judge
This was an action to recover the sum of §250, money won upon a horse race. The facts disclosed upon the trial are substantially as follows: Plaintiff and one Elocious Buck-man agreed to run a horse race on the 12th of May, 1860; said plaintiff to run his horse against the horse of said Buck-man upon a wager of §250 aside; plaintiff deposited §250 with defendant as stakeholder, and one John S. Buckman deposited with defendant a like amount in behalf of Elocious Buckman. The race took place at the stipulated time, and was won by plaintiff’s horse. Some time after the race, but before the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shropshire v. GlascockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1837
- State v. HaydenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1860
3Cited by8 opinions
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- State v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1889
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