Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1879 — Judicial Decision of Bets. [ARTICLE]

Judicial Decision of Bets.

A Colorado Court, in the case of Eldred against Malloy, decided that a promise to pay a sum of money, upon the condition that a railroad should be built to a place named on or before a specified day, is void as a wager. The Court says: “The courts of this Territory have enough to do without devoting their time to the solution of questions arising out of idle bets made on dog and cock fights, horse races, the speed of ox trains, the construction of railroads, the number on a dice or the character of a card that may be turned up. If we enter upon the work of settling bets made by gamblers in one case, especially on the time when the Colorado Central Railroad reaches Golden, or when it will reach Georgetown, we may well despair of ever finding time for the despatch of those weightier matters which affect the personal and property-rights of the respectable people, in this Territory. If the gate is once opened for-this kind of litigation, it is more tban probable that we may be overrun with questions arising out of bets. The spirit of our laws discountenances gambling. Penalties are prescribed against gaming, and I can soe no difference in principle in the bet that the faro dealer will turn up a jack the next turn and the bet that, the railroad will be built to Table Mountain in so many days.” “ tin.. Bru.’* toCoH Snvpmm taking to* place'V all the oltl-fiwhione J Cough remedies. It never fails to relieve the moat violent cold, and for throat dlaeaw It to invaluable. Price, 3&ceitO- i