Goo Wan Hoy v. McKeague

Citations

• 24 Haw. 263
• 1918 Haw. LEXIS 50

Syllabus

<p>Appeal and Error — instruction—illegal consideration.</p> <p>Where a requested instruction erroneously assumes that if a part of the consideration for the note sued on was illegal the burden of showing to what extent such consideration was illegal devolves upon the defendant and in the absence of such evidence the jury should find the full amount of the note in favor of the plaintiff such requested instruction is properly refused.</p> <p>Bills and Notes — illegal consideration.</p> <p>A note given in part for intoxicating liquors sold without a license to sell the same, the note not showing on its face how much of the consideration was for such liquors, is indivisible and is void on account of illegality in the consideration.</p>