Griffiths v. Sears ex rel. Perot
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 246. This was an issue between John V. Sears, assignee of Harry F. Newhall, to the use of T. Morris Perot, plaintiff, and Elijah E. Griffiths, defendant. Judgment entered on a bond given by Griffiths had been opened to let him into a defence. Pie pleaded, payment with leave, etc.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 246. This was an issue between John V. Sears, assignee of Harry F. Newhall, to the use of T. Morris Perot, plaintiff, and Elijah E. Griffiths, defendant. Judgment entered on a bond given by Griffiths had been opened to let him into a defence. Pie pleaded, payment with leave, etc. The facts as thej^ appeared on the trial before Ludlow, P. J., were as follows: In 1880, Elijah E. Griffiths commenced buying stocks on a margin from Harry F. Newhall, a stock broker. Griffiths at first deposited with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
The 8th section of the Act of 22d April, 1794 (3 Sm., 181); has no application to this case. The bond in suit was not given for security or satisfaction of moneys lost “in cock fighting, bullet playing, or horse racing, or at or upon any game of address, game of hazard, play or game whatsoever,” within the purview or meaning of that act; if it had, it would in the language of that act, have been “ utterly void and of none effect:” Unger v. Boas, 1 Har., 601. It was given by way of margin, to secure a settlement of differences, in a stock gambling transaction between Newhall and Griffiths; the…
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