29 Iowa 122 | Iowa | 1870
On the trial it was agreed that the one hundred dollars claimed by defendant, is for this amount placed by plaintiff in the hands of the defendant, as a stakeholder, upon a wager on a horse race run between plaintiff and one Luallen. Defendant was one of the judges of the race. Plaintiff, after the race, and a decision that he was beaten, but before the money was paid to Luallen, notified the defendant not to pay the money to Luallen ; but, notwithstanding notice and after the notice was given him, the defendant paid the money to Luallen.
On this statement the circuit court rendered judgment
Affirmed.