Patterson v. Scott

Appellant filed a bill to avoid certain notes, and a trust deed made to secure the same, and certain foreclosure proceedings, upon the allegation that the consideration of said notes were gambling debts.

Upon the material question at issue between appellant and appellee, there is, in the record, a direct conflict of evidence. Appellant swears that the chief consideration of the notes was money borrowed of appellee in his gambling house, for the purpose of gambling, and which was then and there gambled away and won by appellee.

Appellee denies that the money was loaned to be gambled away, or…