Legal Opinion
Pearsall v. Alexander
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 1990No. 87-826PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
In what must be a common development wherever there are state-sponsored lotteries, this is the story of two friends who split the price of a ticket only to have the ticket win and split their friendship.
Harold Pearsall appeals from the dismissal of his complaint against Joe Alexander, in which Pearsall claimed breach of an agreement to share the proceeds of a winning D.C. Lottery ticket worth $20,000. The trial court found that such an agreement did, in fact, exist, but determined that the agreement was invalid under § 1 of the Statute of Anne, as enacted in D.C.Code §…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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