O'Farrell v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis
1936
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 2017
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 11 E.H. Smith 657 - Orvis v. . Curtiss · Brown v. . Robinson · Pomeroy v. Ainsworth · People Ex Rel. N.Y.C., Etc., R.R. Co. v. . Walsh · Disputed Claim of Grapel v. Hodges
Most-quoted passages
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“If there were no relationship by affinity between the parties, the court might feel constrained to hold the agreement by [the son-in-law] one for a wager. But a gambling contract generally exists only between parties who have no interest in the subject-matter except as to the possible gain or loss resulting, while here the [mother-in-law] did have a legitimate interest in the outcome of the litigation. I think that as a result of this relationship the transaction is not within the purview of the statutes against gambling.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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