Campbell v. Richardson
New York Supreme Court
IN ERR.OR, on certiorari, from a justice’s court. Richard-• son> Taft, M‘Dowell and Todd sued Campbell, before the justice, and declared that whereas the defendant, on the fill of Jonuary, 1813, at, &c. set up a mark, the size of a horse, at the distance of 60 rods, for the plaintiffs to shoot at, at 25 cents f°r each shot, and which if hit by them the defendant agreed to pay to the plaintiffs the sum of 20 dollars; that the plaintiffs did shoot at the mark so set up by the…
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IN ERR.OR, on certiorari, from a justice’s court. Richard-• son> Taft, M‘Dowell and Todd sued Campbell, before the justice, and declared that whereas the defendant, on the fill of Jonuary, 1813, at, &c. set up a mark, the size of a horse, at the distance of 60 rods, for the plaintiffs to shoot at, at 25 cents f°r each shot, and which if hit by them the defendant agreed to pay to the plaintiffs the sum of 20 dollars; that the plaintiffs did shoot at the mark so set up by the defendant, for which they jointly paid to him 25 cents, for each and every shot made by tiiem; and that the plaintiffs…
1Per curiam
Whether another person, n~t joined in this suit, was a partner with the plaintiWs in the transaction, was a question of fact proper to be decided by- a jury; and though their verdict was against the weight of evidence, we do not interfere on that ground.
If a wager of any kind is to be recognised as valid in law, the one made in this case, is, perhaps, as harmless, and liable to as little objection, as any that could be made. It has long been matter of regret with courts of justice, that wagers should have been so far countenanced as to permit actions to be sustained for their recovery. The…
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