Block v. McMurry

Citations

• 56 Miss. 217

Syllabus

<p>1. Sunday Contract. Cannot be sued on.</p> <p>If one buy a horse from another on Sunday, the sale is void; but, it being a violation of the public law, the parties are in pari delicto, and neither has any remedy against the other on the contract.</p> <p>2. Same. Parties in pari delicto.</p> <p>The seller of a horse on Sunday cannot recover the animal back from the purchaser, or maintain trover for its value, on the ground that the contract was void and that no title passed.</p> <p>3. Same. Parties not in pari delicto.</p> <p>If the seller,of a horse on Sunday was made drunk by the purchaser thereof, for the purpose of defrauding him, the parties were not in pari delicto, and the seller can recover his horse.</p>