Twentieth Street Bank v. Jacobs
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Action by the Twentieth Street Bank against J. B. Jacobs. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JüDGE :
Assuming sec. 1 of ch. 97 of the Code, declaring void every contract the consideration of which is money, property or other thing won or bet at any game, sport, pastime, or wager, or money lent or advanced at the time of any gaming, betting or wagering, to be used therein, to have been partially repealed by implication, by the passage of the negotiable instruments law, ch. 81, Acts, 1907, eh. 98A of the Code, the Circuit Court of Cabell County, in an action for the recovery of the amount of two checks, on an agreed statement of facts, admitting the consideration thereof…
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