Mehle v. McLean

• This is a suit for $105.30 on a dishonored check. The defense is that the check was not supported by valuable consideration, being the result of a transaction contra bonos mores.

There was judgment below in favor of defendant, and plaintiff has appealed.

The check sued on was issued in payment of a bet on a race horse. David A. McLean, who issued the check and whose legal representative is made defendant in this suit, McLean having died shortly after issuing the check, was a member of the veterinary firm of. McLean & Karstendieck. Plaintiff placed a .bet with McLean, through an employee, on a…