McKinney v. Pope's Administrator

Judge Marshall

delivered the opinion of-the Court.

Bruce, as administrator of Pope, having recovered a judgment against McKinney and his sureties, on a note executed by them, McKinney filed his bill alledging that *94Pope had, at divers times, won from him at games of cards, and received large sums of money, and praying - that the judgment may be injoined to the amount of the sums thus won and received. The bill also attempts to show that a part of the consideration of the note on which the judgment was obtained, was also vicious, as founded on a gaming transaction. But the transaction out of…