Pickard v. Berryman

The bill in this cause was filed by Lewis Pickard, Jr., a minor, by his next friend, to recover from the defendant, Robert A. Berryman, the sum of $500, which he alleges his father had lost in a game of chance conducted by the defendant and his servants. The suit is authorized by Code, sections 7814 and 7815. The answer denied the material allegations of the bill. The case was tried on depositions, and the chancellor awarded a recovery for the sum of $485. The defendant appealed.

The record contains no finding of fact by the chancellor, but the decree recites “that from a preponderance of the…