Case Name: HURD, Respondent, v. TAYLOR, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1904-03-15
Citations: 87 N.Y.S. 1137
Docket Number: 
Parties: HURD, Respondent, v. TAYLOR, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 87
Pages: 1137–1137

Head Matter:
HURD, Respondent, v. TAYLOR, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
March 15, 1904.)
Action by F. Seward Hurd against George M. Taylor.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs. Held, that the question of the illegality of the contract was properly submitted to the jury.
McLennan, P. J., and WILLIAMS, J., dissent. upon the ground that the evidence conclusively establishes that the agreement under which the plaintiff seeks to recover was a wager contract, and was understood by the parties to he such, and that therefore the plaintiff is not entitled to recover.