Bailes v. Williams

Hemphill, Ch. J.

This suit was on a note given as a forfeit on a horse race. Evidence by both parties was admitted without exception, and multiplied instructions, as well at the request of the plaintiff as of the defendants, were given to the jury. Verdict and judgment were for the defendants.

Some of the instructions, if severely scrutinized, might perhaps be obnoxious to criticism. But contracts of this character must be honest and fair beyond exception, to entitle them *319to favorable consideration. Technical quibbles and objections should not be permitted to set aside a judgment, when it is…