Maher v. Van Horn

This suit grew out of a bet upon the result of an election for an alderman of the city of Denver, and a recovery was sought from the stakeholder by one of the parties to the wager, of the amount deposited by him. The allegations of the complaint are to the effect that plaintiff Van Horn deposited with defendant Maher, the stakeholder, the sum of $220, an equal amount being'deposited at the same time by one McCauley and one Pennington, the agreement being that the entire sum was to be held by the defendant to abide the result of an election for alderman in the third ward of the city, and that,…