Fowler v. Cheirrett

KEETON, Justice.

This action was brought on a check for $300 drawn on the Largilliere Company Bankers of Soda Springs, and as found by the court and stipulated by the parties, was given as an alleged compromise of other checks in the sum of $1200 held by the plaintiff in this action, formerly given by the defendant to plaintiff and on which defendant had stopped payment.

In his answer the defendant filed a cross-complaint on a check for $200. The $1200 worth of checks were given in payment of a wager depending upon the result of a pool game in which the defendant, due to lack of skill or poor…