Legal Opinion
Okerson v. Crittenden
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 8, 1883PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. PuaiNTIff and another person made a wager. The defendant was stakeholder, and the plaintiff seeks to recover of him the amount the plaintiff deposited in his hands. Judgment was rendered for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
I. The amount in controversy being less than one hundred dollars, two questions have been certified upon which it is said to be desirable to have the opinion of the supreme court. The questions are as follows:
*298“ 1. Can a stakeholder of money, pending the determination of a bet between two parties, who is at the same time made umpire to decide which of the parties is the winner, and to pay the money to the winning party, exonerate himself by paying over the money, without farther securing the consent of the losing party to pay the same to the declared winner, upon the determination of the fact…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shannon v. BaumerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
3Cited by3 opinions
- Trenery v. GoudieSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- Dee v. Sears-Nattinger Automobile Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1908
- Himmelman v. PecautSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907