Rose v. Arch Rock Camp, Modern Woodmen of America

This case originated before a justice of the peace. On appeal and a jury trial in the Circuit Court judgment was rendered against appellant, P. W. Rose, and in favor of appellee for costs of suit, after the court had directed a verdict in favor of the defendant upon the ground that the alleged contract between plaintiff and defendant was a gambling contract. The record shows that on August 22, 1908, appellant made a proposition to appellee at its lodge hall in Cypress, Illinois, that he would put his check for $25 in the hands of one Charles Tanner, a member of said lodge, to pay the expenses…