McDevitt v. Stokes
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Cheep Justice Settle
Affirming.
In this action instituted by the appellant, Mike McDevitt, in the court below he sought to recover of the appellee, W. E. D. Stokes, the sum of $800.00 alleged to be the balance due him of a $1,000.00 claim which appellee agreed to pay him in the event he won with a mare called “Grace,” to be driven by him, the celebrated Kentucky Futurity race of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association at Lexington, in October, 1910. In the opinion of the circuit court the facts alleged in the petition did not show a consideration sufficient to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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