Catts v. Phalen
Supreme Court of the United States
This cage was brought .up by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United. States, for the District of Columbia and county of Alexandria.
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This cage was brought .up by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United. States, for the District of Columbia and county of Alexandria. The facts were these: The state of Virginia, in and prior to the year 1834, passed several acts authorizing a lottery to b,e drawn for the -improvement of the Fauquier and Alexandria turnpike road- In 1839, certain persons, acting as commissioners,.made a contract with James Phalen and Francis Monis, of the city, of New York, by which Phalen. and Morris were authorized, upon .the terms therein mentioned, to draw these lotteries. They proceeded to do…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baldwin
Phalpn and Morris brought an action inthe court below, to recover fipm.Catts the sum .of $12,500, which they alleged he had received fot their pse, and being so indebted, promised and assumed to pay, to which the plaintiff plead the general issue.
It appeared in evidence on the trial, that the legislature of Virginia had authorized lotteries, to raise' money for imprpving a turnpike road in that state, which were placed under the superintendence of commissioners appointed under, those laws, who,.by articles-of agree mejit contracted with the plaintiffs to"manage and conduct the draw ing of the…
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