Gulick v. Ward

The facts in this caso a’re sufficiently developed in the opi¡¡ ions delivered.

Ewing, C. J.

This action was brought to recover the skit of (H)0, stipulated in a written agreement, to be paid by tin. defendants to the plaintiffs. Upon tho trial at the Circuit Cc'.ur the defendants insisted that the promise was void, because tluctmsideration was illegal, and the plaintiffs were therefore noi entitled to recover. The judge reserved the question for deter • miuation here, and a verdict was rendered for tho plaintiff, which the defendants now seek to set aside. The agree men’, between the parlies,…