Legal Opinion
Richter v. Empire Trust Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 13, 1937No. 85-94PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBELL, District Judge.
Defendants Harold I. Thompson and William D. Frad move to dismiss the bill of complaint on the ground that it fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against said defendants and for want of equity.
The plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $36,620 paid to defendant Frad in satisfaction of a gambling debt. According to the allegations of the complaint, plaintiff and Frad played cards aboard a steamship en route from New York to San Francisco and “by the time said steamer reached the Port of San Francisco” the sum of $36,620 was claimed by Frad to…
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- Lámar v. MicouSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Harris v. . WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Higgins v. McCreaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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