Robson v. Doyle
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill of Discofery in aid of a suit at law for the recovery of money lost at gambling. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding.
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Bill of Discofery in aid of a suit at law for the recovery of money lost at gambling. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900. Statement.—Appellee filed a bill _against appellant, alleging that Robson, defendant below, is a resident of Cook county and for three years has been engaged in transacting business as a member of the Board of Trade of Chicago, and during said period has, as complainant has been informed and believes, been engaged in carrying on the business of gambling in said county by…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justioe Adams
delivered the opinion of the court.
Counsel for appellant 'objects “ that there is no allegation, even, that the matters.stated in the declarations filed in the pending cases are true; no allegation that the complainant expects to establish the truth of the facts alleged in the bill by Mr. Robson; no allegation that the complainant knows of no other witness or witnesses except Mr. Robson, by whom he can prove the facts stated in his bill. Indeed the bill itself, and the declarations in the suits at law, all show that the money Dojrle claims Mr. Robson won was won…
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