St. Louis Agricultural & Mechanical Ass'n v. Delano
Supreme Court of Missouri
Certified from St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The petition states facts, and it appears by the evidence that the alleged contract is illegal and void; therefore, cannot be enforced. R. S. 1879, secs. 1578, 1579, 1581; State v. Williams, 35- Mo. App. 541; Bernard v. Luffing, 32 Mo. 441; Quinn v. Railroad, 20 Mo. App. 453; Sheffield v. Palmer, 52 Mo. 474; DeKorth v. Railroad, 52 Wis. 329 ; Robeson v. French, 12 Mete.
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Certified from St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The petition states facts, and it appears by the evidence that the alleged contract is illegal and void; therefore, cannot be enforced. R. S. 1879, secs. 1578, 1579, 1581; State v. Williams, 35- Mo. App. 541; Bernard v. Luffing, 32 Mo. 441; Quinn v. Railroad, 20 Mo. App. 453; Sheffield v. Palmer, 52 Mo. 474; DeKorth v. Railroad, 52 Wis. 329 ; Robeson v. French, 12 Mete. (Mass.) 25; Johnson ¶. Brown, 13 Kan. 529 ; Grant v. 'McGrath, 15 Atl. Rep. (Conn.) 3; Am. Digest, No. 22, Oct. 1888, p. -85; Bliss on Code Pleading, sec. 437; Corby v. Weddle, 57…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, P. J.
Plaintiff’s petition, filed on the — ■—day of November, 1887, alleges that it is the owner of certain property in the city of St. Louis known as the fair grounds ; that tke Amateur Athletic Association and the defendants as members thereof leased from the plaintiff the said grounds and premises, .to be used by the said association, its members, and persons to be invited by them on Sunday, the twenty-fifth day of September, 1887, for the athletic games and other sports of the association, and agreed to pay the plaintiff therefor the sum of $1,000; that the association and defendants as members…
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