Case v. Riker
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of assumpsit- upon the following cáse stated;— At the time of the sale of the tickets, herein after mentioned, the plaintifl was, and still is, a citizen and resident of the State of Rhode Island, and the defendant was, and still is, a citizen and resident of this Slate.
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This was an action of assumpsit- upon the following cáse stated;— At the time of the sale of the tickets, herein after mentioned, the plaintifl was, and still is, a citizen and resident of the State of Rhode Island, and the defendant was, and still is, a citizen and resident of this Slate. In the year 1836, the defendant, at various times, purchased tickets of the plaintiff, by writing to him at Providence, R. I., by mail, ordering lottery tickets in a lottery granted to the plaintiff for the benefit of schools, under an act of that State. The tickets were ordered to be sent by mail. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Collamer, J.
This was an action of assu.mpsit, to recover for lottery tickets. The facts are stateflpry the parties. The sale of foreign lottery tickets in this stj den by statute, under severe penalties, the er the pay can be recovered here for ticke state, to be brought into this state for sale ,,.being forbidiestiion is, whethsold. in another
The defendant ordered the tickets sent % mail',- and they were so sent from Rhode Island. This Was a sale and delivery in Rhode Island. The title in the t®.otsNest.ed in *485the defendant when mailed, as much as if…
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