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The case of a man who claimed to have won £4395 in a football pool was considered by the Court of Appeal in London.
Mr. Wolfe Appleson, of Stanley-street, Fairfield, Liverpool, appealed against a decision of Mr. Justice Asquith in chambers ordering his action against H. Littlewood, Ltd. to be struck out as "frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of the process of the court."
Mr. F. E. Pritchard, K.C., for Mr. Appleson, said his allegation was that he obtained a coupon from Little-wood's, filled it in with a correct forecast of football matches to be played on a Saturday last September, and was entitled to receive £4,335 reward.
Littlewoods, in their defence, pleaded that the transaction gave rise to no cause of action because of an "honour clause," and that in the view of their accountants, Mr. Appleson's claim was open to suspicion and, by their rules, they were entitled to disqualify him.
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"As for the argument about public policy there is, in my view," said the Lord Justice, "no rule of public policy that can be invoked to support Mr. Pritchard's contentions. The rule of law which takes precedence is that People must be bound by the arrangements are expressed in quite clear language.
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