Whitaker v. Richmon

Citations

• 73 Pa. Super. 203
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 207

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Consideration—Contract against public policy — Insufficient statement.</p> <p>In an action in assumpsit to recover the value of a ring, judgment was properly entered for the defendant on the pleadings, where the statement contained no allegation of negligence and .no averment of any promise to reimburse in settlement of any alleged claim for negligence. Where there were no averments in the statement which imputed to the defendant any liability for the loss of the ring, and her connection was limited to an alleged agreement to reimburse the plaintiff, if criminal investigation were not commenced, such promise amounted to an agreement not to take steps looking to the detection and prosecution of the thief, and as such was void as against public policy.</p> <p>Contracts which have for their subject-matter any interference with the' creation of laws or their due enforcement are against public policy.</p>