Doxey v. Miller
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. Geo. W. Pleasants, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtPillsbury, J.
The appellee Miller and one Daniel Gilman, wagered $200 upon a horse race, and each deposited $150 with the appellant as stakeholder. The race resulting unfavorably to Miller he demanded the money deposited by him with appellant before it was paid over to Gilman. Doxey refused to pay back the money to appellee, but retained the same until this suit was commenced to recover it. The court below rendered judgment in favor of appellee for the $150 and interest from June 1875, the time of the demand.
It is insisted by the appellant, that as the wager was void upon the ground of public policy, and…
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