Columbia Bank & Bridge Co. v. Haldeman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court of Lancaster county. Evan Green, administrator of Preston B. Elder, for the use of the Columbia Bank and Bridge Co., against Henry Haldeman.
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ERROR to the District Court of Lancaster county. Evan Green, administrator of Preston B. Elder, for the use of the Columbia Bank and Bridge Co., against Henry Haldeman. This action was founded upon a bond of Henry Haldeman and others to Preston B. Elder, cashier of the Columbia Bank and Bridge Co., in the penalty of $4600, with the following condition :— “ The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas Peter F. Gonter and Reuben Mullison did bet with James Caldwell $2100 on the genera] election, that is, Gonter and Mullison betting that David.R. Porter would get more votes than…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
As long ago as the time of Lord Hare, it was decided (Cartheio 252) that every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself does not mention that it shall be void, and only inflicts a penalty on the offender; and this has been fully recognized in the case of Smith v. Mitchell, (1 Binn. 118).
The case of Pickering v. Reynolds, (4 Burr. 2049), has been *235cited and relied on. Great llames have often, in courts as well as out of them, given currency…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mitchell v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1804
- Swan v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1824
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