Schoenberg v. Adler
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: G-eo. E. SutheelaNd, Judge. They contended, inter alia, that the evidence showed that the contract was made after the game was finished and settled, was not complete until after the game, and was not a part of the illegal transaction, nor was’ the money lent or advanced at the time and place of the play or for the purpose of any game, and hence was outside of the statutes of Wisconsin and Colorado.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: G-eo. E. SutheelaNd, Judge. They contended, inter alia, that the evidence showed that the contract was made after the game was finished and settled, was not complete until after the game, and was not a part of the illegal transaction, nor was’ the money lent or advanced at the time and place of the play or for the purpose of any game, and hence was outside of the statutes of Wisconsin and Colorado. White v. Buss, 3 Cush. 448; Bangs v. Hornick, 30 Fed. Rep. 9Y; English v. Young, 10 B. Mon. 141; Williams, Black c6 Oo. v. Carr, 80…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, C. J.
This action was commenced January 5, 1898, to recover $822 alleged to have been paid, laid out, and expended by the plaintiff for and in behalf of the defendant, and at his special instance and request, July 9, 1894. The defendant answered by way of admissions, denials, and counter allegations, to the effect that all the moneys so claimed by the plaintiff, and every part thereof, were for moneys lost by the defendant in five several gambling games, called poker, and in all of which the plaintiff participated, and in four of which he engaged directly in the betting; that the several persons to…
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