Case Name: Lockwood v. Knap
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1790-01
Citations: 1 Root 153
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lockwood v. Knap.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 153–153

Head Matter:
Lockwood v. Knap.
The court will not lend their aid to assist a party in a,u illicit transaction.
Aotion of debt by book. Issue to jury. The book was for a quantity of goods, about £1200 worth, which were smuggled out of New York in A. D. 1781, when the enemy were in possession of it. Lockwood had a commissioned hoat under the government, and upon a preconcerted plan, the goods were to he sent out, and Lockwood was to take them and have them condemned, for which he was to receive £100, he accordingly took them, libeled and had them condemned, for which he received his £100, and all charges, and delivered the goods to the defendant under this color of a sale; he charged the defendant in debt for them,, and now brings this action.

Opinion:
Verdict for the defendant, and accepted by the court — The justice of the plaintiff's claim is very doubtful; but it is clear that it ivas an illicit transaction, to which this court will give no aid.