Gulf Collateral, Inc. v. George

McKAY, Justice.

Gulf Collateral, Inc., appellant, brought suit against Johnnie George, appellee/ for $15,900 actual damages for the balance due on a $25,000 check given by George to Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Appellant alleged it was assignee of the indebtedness and also claimed exemplary damages and interest. Appellant plead it was assignee of California Clearing Corporation, assignor, and plead alternatively in quantum meruit and fraud. Appellee answered that the claim of appellant was an illegal attempt to collect a gambling debt and therefore unenforceable, and that such suit…