Sakon v. Santini

Plaintiff, a resident of Arkansas, procured from defendant, Merchants .& Miners National Bank of Ironwood, several drafts payable to himself. In a gambling house at Hurley, Wisconsin, he indorsed and transferred them actually or in effect to the proprietor of the house, defendant Santini, and received therefor from Santini or his employee, defendant Masterson, cash and chips which he there lost in playing the game of craps against the house.

The drafts were negotiated further, and, the trial judge found correctly, are now held severally by defendants Johnson, Ironwood Auto Service Company, and…