Roselle v. Beckemeir
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Eucker, Judge. (1) The dealing in lottery tickets has been outlawed by the laws of the United States and by the postoffice department as being against good morals and public policy generally. Buhe v. Buck, 124 Mo. 178; 3 Am. and Eng. Encyclopedia of Law, p. 556. (2) There was no evidence whatever that the tickets were jointly purchased in Louisiana; the evidence shows separate and independent purchases.
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Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Eucker, Judge. (1) The dealing in lottery tickets has been outlawed by the laws of the United States and by the postoffice department as being against good morals and public policy generally. Buhe v. Buck, 124 Mo. 178; 3 Am. and Eng. Encyclopedia of Law, p. 556. (2) There was no evidence whatever that the tickets were jointly purchased in Louisiana; the evidence shows separate and independent purchases. (3) The evidence of a purchase of an interest in the tickets in Missouri was at variance with the case made in interpleader’s petition, which…
1Opinion of the CourtBabolay, J.
The original action was begun by plaintiff, Mr. Roselle, to recover of the Farmers Bank of Norborne the proceeds of a draft drawn to plaintiff’s order, indorsed by him to the bank, and collected by the latter, on which account he claimed that the bank owed him the amount of the proceeds, $2,518.69, with interest, etc.
The answer of the bank was, in substance, a cross bill in the nature of a bill of interpleader, asserting that it held the proceeds of the draft as a trust fund for plaintiff and certain other named persons, claimants, whom it prayed might be made parties to the action in order…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McKee v. LamonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Roselle v. Farmers' BankSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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