Deblieux v. Sanders

BRUNSON, Judge.

The singular issue presented on this appeal is whether the trial judge was correct in holding that the plaintiff-appellant could not recover through the courts, a debt created by her advancement of funds to the defendant-appellee during a gambling game in which the plaintiff-appellant acted as hostess, and received a “cut” from the wagered pots.

The facts of the case are undisputed.

During a poker game at the home of plaintiff-appellant, Addie Ruth Deblieux, on April 27, 1982, she provided the defendant-appellee, Benny H. Sanders, with a sum of money in order that he continue in…