Goodrich v. . Houghton
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made February 11, 1890, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Circuit. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLandon, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover money alleged to have been received by the defendant Byron D. Houghton to her use, and appropriated by both defendants. The plaintiff and defendant Byron D. Houghton at Oswego, 1ST. Y., agreed that each should contribute $25, and with the total, purchase tickets in the Louisiana State Lottery at Hew Orleans, and that each should have one-half the. prize money drawn. The plaintiff thereupon delivered $25 to said defendant, who, adding $25 of his own, sent the $50 by express from Oswego to the State Lottery at Hew Orleans with an order in his own name for the…
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