Adkins v. Flemming

29 Iowa 122

• Court: Supreme Court of Iowa
• Decided: June 15, 1870
• Status: Published

Opinion

Williams, J.

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 for plaintiff, which was affirmed by the general term, and is also affirmed by this court. No opinion is needed beyond a reference to Shannon v. Baumer, 10 Iowa, 210, in which we understand the rule to be that the money deposited as a wager can be recovered at any time, so long as it remains in the hands of the stakeholder.

Affirmed.