Hanks v. Brown
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Madison District Qourt. — Hon. J, H. Henderson, Judge. Action on a promissory note made by defendant Brown, and indorsed by its payee, the defendant Hayden. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The defendant Brown appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
1. GAJIKLIHa contract: what is not. I. The note in suit was given on the thirteenth day of December, 1887, for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, and interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent, per « x annum. It was payable on or bexore the first day of January, 1889, to N. A. Hayden or bearer, and was purchased by plaintiff about the twenty-third day of December, 1887, for the sum of one hundred and thirty-five dollars. Appellant claims that it is a part of a gaming contract, and, therefore, void, also that the transaction of which it was a part was against public policy; that…
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