Edwards v. Randle
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court. Rueus D. Hearn, Judge. This suit is founded on an illegal contract, which can neither be enforced in law or equity, and all the parties are in -pari delicto, and the courts will leave them where they have placed themselves. Dawson, Cont. secs. 310, 311; 32 Vt. 721, 546; Dawson, Cont. secs. 314, 315; 2 Parsons, Cont. (3 Ed.), p. 253; 47 Am. Dec. 422; 33 Am. Rep. 548; 47 Ark. 378; 48 id. 490; 31 Am. Dec. 599; 34 id. 712; 32 id. 348.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
The appellee, Randle, sued the appellant, Edwards, in the Clark circuit court for the sum of two hundred dollars, money paid him on a contract of purchase and sale. Judgment for plaintiff for said sum and interest, and defendant appealed.
It is shown in evidence that on or about the first day of December, 1892, the appellant, who was then postmaster at Gurdon, bargained and sold to appellee, to be delivered on the first of January following, for the said sum of two hundred dollars, his post office cabinet, fixtures, and the counters and shelving, agreeing at the time, as a part of the…
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