Legal Opinion
Giomi v. Chase
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1942No. 4725PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SADLER, Justice.
The question for decision is whether free games awarded the player for his sole enjoyment and amusement for successful operation through chance of a so-called pinball machine, constitute “anything of value” within the meaning of such language as employed in 1929 Comp. § 58-201, (N.M. S.A. 1941, § 41-2201), making it unlawful to play at or operate a game of chance played with cards, dice, slot machine or other gaming device, for money or anything of value.
The question arose in a suit by the plaintiffs against the Honorable E. P. Chase as Attorney General, and the Honorable…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Boynton v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1932
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