Thuna v. Wolf

The complaint is on a check executed and delivered in the State of Florida. The defense is that the consideration for the check was a loss suffered in a game of cards commonly known as poker. The parties to the suit are residents of this State, and indulged in this game of poker during a winter vacation at a Florida resort. A contract based upon a game of poker for money, in this State, is made void by the statute law. In Florida, where this game and consequent loss to the defendant took place, we must presume that such a contract, was not prohibited by statute, because the defense and…