Misner v. Knapp
Oregon Supreme Court
Multnomah County. Defendants appeal. If the contract sued on was in the nature of a bet or wager, then the promise to pay it to the owner of the winning horse was void, and no action will lie against the appellants. The uniform tendency of the later American decisions is to treat all gaming contracts and all wagers as utterly void.
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Multnomah County. Defendants appeal. If the contract sued on was in the nature of a bet or wager, then the promise to pay it to the owner of the winning horse was void, and no action will lie against the appellants. The uniform tendency of the later American decisions is to treat all gaming contracts and all wagers as utterly void. (Amory v. Gilman, 2 Mass. 6; Wheeler v. Spencer, 15 Conn. 30; Irwin v. Williar, 110 U. S. 499-510; West v. Holmes, 26 Vt. 530; Winchester v. Nutter, 52 N. H. 507; Wilkinson v. Tousley, 16 Minn. 299.) This was not a purse offered absolutely by the association to the…
1Opinion of the CourtLord, J.
This is an action to recover a purse alleged to have been offered by defendants to the owner of the horse that should trot a mile in the best time less than two minutes and twenty-five seconds, at City View Park. The complaint alleges that the defendants are associated under the name of the Northwestern District Agricultural Association, and that in the year 1883 they offered a “ special purse ” or prize of $250 to the owner of the horse that should trot a mile in the best- time less than two minutes and twenty-five seconds, at the City View Park, in the said county, on the thirtieth day of…
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