INSURANCE COMPANY v. SEAVER


86 U.S. 531 (____)

19 Wall. 531

INSURANCE COMPANY v. SEAVER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.J. Phelps, for the insurance company, plaintiff in error:

Messrs. G.F. Edmunds and H.H. Powers, contra:


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The statutes of Vermont make all horse-racing for any bet or wager a misdemeanor, and impose a fine not exceeding $500 for the offence.

In regard to this branch of the defence the court instructed the jury that they were to regard the trotting race, in which the insured was engaged when he jumped from the sulky and was killed, as a breach of the law within the...

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