Brady v. Horvath

This was an action in assumpsit on the common counts for money had and received to and for the use of the plaintiff. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for $1500, and this judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court.

It seems from the evidence that by virtue of a ticket which plaintiff purchased, whether in a lottery of not is not shown, he became entitled to receive $2000 from some party or company in Chicago, and that he went to Chicago to get his money. For some reason not shown he called on the defendant, Brady, who told him that he was only the agent of the company, but that he had had…