Kribben v. Haycraft
Decision Date | 31 March 1858 |
Citation | 26 Mo. 396 |
Parties | KRIBBEN, Plaintiff in Error, v. HAYCRAFT, Defendant in Error. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
1. An agreement to pay a certain sum for services rendered in securing a commutation of the sentence of a convict so soon as the commutation should take place, is void as against public policy.
Error to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas.
Demurrer to a petition. Plaintiff stated in his petition that defendant, Eliza Haycraft, by her certain instrument in writing or obligation, &c.
The court sustained the demurrer.
H. N. Hart, for plaintiff in error.
G. Marshall, for defendant in error, cited Hatzfield v. Gulden, 7 Watts, 153; 1 Chitt. C. L. 4; 5 East. 298; 11 East. 46; 16 East. 301; 1 Camp. 46; 3 T. R. 17; 2 Esp. 643; 3 Id. 253; 7 T. R. 475; Chitt. on Contr. 220; 5 N. H. 553; 1 Bay, 249; 5 Verm. 42; 1 Baily, 588; 9 Verm. 23; 2 South. 470; 13 Wend. 592; 2 Stew. & Port. 276; 6 N. H. 200.
It is a principle of law dictated by the soundest policy that an agreement can not be enforced by which one person promises to pay another for obtaining or trying to obtain a pardon. (Noonan v. Cole, 3 Esp. 253; Hatzfield v. Gulden, 7 Watts, 152; McGill v. Burnett, 7...
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